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Secrets to Success John-Paul Micek |
Successful
entrepreneur’s
tool kitOwning a business is hard work. No doubt. As a co-owner of a coaching business with my wife, we face the constant challenges of not having enough time, peer support, outside insight and proven systems to make our jobs easier.
I wish I could tell you there's a magic potion to give you all the answers overnight that would solve all these pesky problems. But what I can tell you is that there is a better way to overcome all these challenges and create your ideal business.
Successful business owners use a tool kit to get the results they want. This took kit is one you can learn from and model in your business.
The best business owners out there have learned to use street-smart, time-tested methods for starting, growing, and optimizing their business so they can harvest the personal and financial rewards they want.
They don't needlessly reinvent the wheel. Instead, they study and learn how other successful business owners approach the challenges of ownership. Most importantly, they know their own strengths and how to apply what they learn in the framework of their own style.
Interestingly, they each use slightly different tool kits.
While they all share many proven methods, principles and strategies; they've learned that optimal results can only be achieved when they choose, adapt and apply the right success strategies for themselves.
Like water poured into a glass that conforms to the glass, in the same way these owners have learned to select certain strategies and principles into their business to fit the culture, personality and style of their organization.
To put together an effective tool kit and build a successful business, you need a fresh approach and a better solution. You have to go beyond head-knowledge and generic approaches.
This means acquiring three important resources that are missing for most busy small business owners:
1. An expert in your corner who can help you accurately identify your own natural style so you can immediately begin to select the best strategies and tactics from a sometimes overwhelming array of choices. (Your natural style is your own unique combination of life experiences, education, passions, behavioral/communication style and motivational values.)All mega successful business owners have all three of these resources as the roots of their successes. Give yourself the same advantage they have and gather these resources together for yourself. Get started today!2. A coach who can support and guide you in effectively choosing, quickly adapting and properly applying success strategies in a systemized format that works for you.
3. A collaborative group of like-minded people that make learning easy, the ability to model and partner with other successful owners so that your learning curve of success can be dramatically slashed.
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John-Paul Micek is the lead business coach at RPM Success Group Inc. Reach him at JPM@RPMsuccess.com or toll-free at (888) 334-8151.
Deborah Cole Micek, chief executive officer of RPM Success Group, is a business success coach and life strategist. Reach her at DCM@RPMsuccess.com or toll-free at (888) 334-8151.
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