Declaring Your Independence
By Nina Kaufman, Esq.With the July Fourth holiday upon us, what are you doing to declare your independence? Have you found ways to streamline your business so that you’re not enslaved to repetitious drudgery?
One of the best-known phrases from the Declaration of Independence reads:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Does your business bring you joy, as well as profits? Does it bring excitement to your life (the positive kind, not the anxious kind)? Are you counting each one of your daily victories? I tend to lump them all together, as in “I wrote blogposts today,” and then say that I accomplished only one thing. But there are many other successes embedded in that single one:
• Each blogpost written is a single victory.
• Each colleague whose blog I tracked back to is a colleague whose relationship I strengthened.
• Each subject I spend time reading and researching is a quest for knowledge.
• As I love writing, the time I spent writing is time I spend in a task that I enjoy.
Speaking of profits, one way to ensure that you’re not enslaved to the drudgery of collection calls is to find and mind clients carefully. Are you taking on any client with a pulse? Have you told clients in no uncertain terms what your rates are? If not, you’re at risk of staring down collections nightmares. Check out my program How to Train Your Clients to Pay You and put an end to the long days and sleepless nights!
Here’s hoping that happiness pursues you this holiday weekend . . . and throughout your business!
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