What is Your Vision for Your Business?
Did you listen to the newscasters this week? They started out on Monday telling us that the unemployment rate will climb, perhaps to 10%.
If you’re not already a business owner, you could be among the 10% who loses their job.
Over time, I’ve seen that for many people, job loss can lead to opportunities. In particular, it can be a great time to start that business you’ve always wanted to start.
Small businesses comprise, in quantity, the greatest number of businesses that exist all over the world.
Is this the time you’ve been waiting for to be your own boss?
For those of you who already own a business, this is the time to be innovative, to brainstorm many ideas, to “up” your customer service game, to figure out new services and/or products to offer to your customers, and to figure out ways to partner with companies that sell different products to your customers.
Let’s take a look at your vision for your business.
Your vision is a picture of what you want for your business (and for your life, because it is your business and it affects your life!). Your business vision can help to keep you grounded when things get tough or when decisions become difficult to make. A vision also gets you thinking in terms of expansion, growth, and the future.
Ask yourself:
- What do you enjoy doing?
- In what areas would you say you are great?
- What are your business’ strengths?
- What is possible?
- What do you believe you are here to accomplish?
- What is your business here to accomplish?
- What do you want to achieve in the next three years?
- What do you want your business to achieve in the next three years?
Once you have a vision for your business and you write it down, it is as good as the paper it’s written on – until you implement it and put it into action!
What happens if you don’t have a vision for your business?
Just as a body gets flabby when not exercised, your mind can lose its ability to remain sharp and focused when it has not been exercised to develop a vision. In addition, a business that is without a vision can lose its direction and can miss opportunities that come its way.
This topic of developing your vision is covered in detail in my upcoming book, Catapult Your Business to New Heights: Sure-Fire Strategies to Increase Profit, (due February 2, 2009).
You can get a free chapter now at my website on the home page. Go to CoachGlory.com; then click the link below the video. You will receive the chapter in your e-mail.
If you're ready to look at the book further, it is available in both Paperback and E-book versions on my website on the "Programs & Products" page.
It is also available in Paperback on Amazon.com.
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