Implementation is the only thing that matters when it comes to self-improvement.
Sometimes, I think I’d be able to spend more time having an impact on the growth of small business if I abandoned developing my own processes and concepts and simply marketed myself in this way:
You won’t ever have to buy another program – I’ll help you use the ones you have!
I’m at a boot camp this week and I’m reminded of how these types of events can leave you feeling like you’ve been hit with a fire hose. We quickstarts tend to be so excited about what we’ve learned that we unleash a similar fire hose on our teams as soon as we can get in front of them, then we wonder why they’re not as excited as us. This can be solved by applying The Four Filters to your decision-making and implementation process.
The analytic personality in the bunch seldom implement because they either can’t find just the right chunk of information that will make a difference in their business, or they just can’t get past the complexity of the new information (see Seth Godin’s I Don’t Get It).
Once you make certain decisions in your business, your life changes forever and so do your values and what’s most valuable to you.
We recognize many of them…
The day you took on your first client or customer – now you realized you had to focus on how to service your customers.
The day you hung your shingle on the building and said you were on your own – now you had to focus on doing your job and running a business.
The day you took on your first employee – now you had to get provide for someone else.
Others we don’t.
When you made a decision to seek help in your business – then you had to find help.
Now that you’ve made a decision to get help – you have to make a decision to commit to figuring out how to implement it.
As an advisor, coach and local leader, Jeremy Overton has spent the last 12 years educating and motivating individuals, families, and business owners who are interested in having a greater impact on their communities, the people they love, and the causes they support. You can connect with him on: Google+