Saturday, April 16, 2011

Isolation Can Hurt Your Business

Even in case you are in the early stages of building a business & worried about being able to pay for the beginning up costs as well as the every month operating expenses, you cannot work day & night without paying serious consequences. You are better to set a specific number of hours that you will work each day & simultaneously, schedule times for being with relatives & friends or doing your favourite hobbies & activities. Keep in mind to continue being involved in the committees or sports that you enjoy so that you will have a great way to get away from & deal with stress.

 of the goals for a healthy business is to provide competent products & services that will meet the needs of the clients. In case you are so busy seeing clients, without having the input that new ideas that can be gleaned through interacting with others in your field & training workshops, you will soon find that you are behind your competition. Your clients will likely seek out those who have the best options for meeting their needs. They may have read or heard about new techniques & seek them out for their own needs. In case you are not competent or even aware of them, you might lose not this client but also the others in their sphere of influence.

Sometime solo professionals get so focussed on the thing that they are doing that they isolate themselves from others. They do not do research to learn about new strategies or treatment options. They do not meet with others in their field. & they do not spend time with the individuals who actually care the most about them.

 of the goals for a healthy life is to have a balance in life. That means doing some work & some play. You need to make sure that you have times for serious work as well as times for relaxation & pleasure. There is an elderly adage that states "All work & no play makes Jack a dull boy". That is so true.

So, be cautious about the choices you make. Isolation will hurt your business. Make sure that you have a balance of work, play, seeing clients & learning about how to become more competent. A tiny little bit of each of these will give both you & your business the balance that with promote healthy growth.

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