Easier is HarderWritten by Dave Balch
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Pretty obvious, huh? The fact is that all of these solutions are pretty obvious; AFTER WE'VE COME UP WITH THEM, THAT IS! Solving problems is a tricky business because it's just too darned easy to accept things way they are. For years, I just accepted fact that it was a pain in neck to make a multi-page copy on our copier. It never occurred to me that this was an inconvenience that was "fixable". As I recall, I literally slapped myself on forehead and said "Duh!" when I realized that there was a better way. The first step in solving a problem, then, is realizing that you have one to solve. What little annoyances to you put up with every day? Little annoyances are distracting and can actually lead to big problems because they take your mind away from your goals. Anything you can do to make your life easier is probably worth doing. Are you sure that these things are just that: annoyances? Maybe they are really little problems that can be solved with a little thought and creativity. Wouldn't it be nice to eliminate some of them so you can focus on what's really important? Making things easier is hard work. But it's worth it.
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creating a new set of rules by which people agreed to govern themselves. These new rules would include much more respect for individual liberty. The entrepreneur has to do much same thing when starting a business. There are no "Procedure Manuals," no long-winded "Personnel Guidebooks." The small business person is guided solely by his own wisdom and experience, and more often than not, a sincere desire to treat his employees better than he was treated when he worked for "someone else."When Constitution was adopted, leaders like Washington and Jefferson knew that job of building a nation had just begun -- much of what would become United States was still a wilderness. When you are a tiny, start-up company in an enormous economy, often facing larger competitors, you travel through a perpetual wilderness. But somewhere, in wilderness lies opportunity.
Brian Hill is Co-author with Dee Power of "Attracting Capital From Angels: How Their Money and Their Experience Can Help You Build a Better Company," 2002, and "Inside Secrets To Venture Capital," 2001, both books published by John Wiley & Sons. He can be reached at business@capital-connection.com.
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