What does your ideal life look like?

What would you be doing?

Where would you be doing it?

What sort of people would you be working with?

What kind of skills or competencies would you have?

How much would you be making?

Where would you be living? ……..

If you haven’t thought about this yet, take some time out this weekend and just let go. There is no need to worry about the “Hows”, first, do your best to get as close as you can to what you dream of. Next, figure out how you are going to get there.

Share your dreams with someone you trust. Verbalizing your thoughts and aspirations is a powerful mechanism to begin working towards achieving your goals and dreams.

Wishing you a great weekend!

To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person I meet.

To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet.

To give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of myself, to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds.

To live in the faith that the whole world is on my side, so long as I am true to the best that is in me.

Christian D. Larson

We all make mistakes. It is part of being human! Owning up to our mistakes however is what makes the difference. Yet, time and time again the blame is shifted here or there, and no one is willing to take responsibility and face the consequences of their actions head on. From a business point of view, if you are in the wrong, and then attempt to justify the actions either to yourself or others with random excuses, the customer or prospect is certainly not going to want to do business with you.

Flipped the other way, the saying does go that “The customer is always right”. Well, I beg to differ to a certain degree. I understand that we should be as accommodating as we can to customer mis-steps, however, there is a fine line that should not be crossed. If a business is bending over backwards for their prospects or customers, who in turn are unjustified in the position they are taking, this will always leave an unreconcilable and unbalanced disequilibrium.

No one likes admitting to mistakes, and even less to facing the sometimes harsh consequences. But this is a bitter pill which needs to be swallowed. This will however pay for itself manifold in the long run if you do so. Side stepping it may bring you or your business temporary closure, but it will certainly not bode well for you in the future for the bigger picture.