7 Habits of Highly Successful Small Business Owners

Written by Lorraine Pirihi


Do you spend every waking minute in your business? Do you find it difficult to take time out for you? Are you constantly working in a mess?

Unfortunately there are far too many business owners working too long and too hard. They tend to be involved in every aspect of their business from beingrepparttar bookkeeper, marketer, human resources manager, mediator, customer liaison officer and cleaner.

The smallerrepparttar 105370 businessrepparttar 105371 harder it is forrepparttar 105372 owner to delegate these functions because they dislike spending any money. They fail to realize that if they invest their dollars wisely in accessingrepparttar 105373 right type of goods and services to grow their business and be more effective, they will see positive changes occur over time. It takes time to build a good "business mindset".

I've noticed that those people who grow their businesses successfully dorepparttar 105374 following:

Highly successful small business owners are great role models They practice what they preach. They lead fromrepparttar 105375 front.

Highly successful small business owners invest time and money in their team and themselves They develop their people and themselves through personal and professional development. They utilise outside expertise , asrepparttar 105376 successful small business owner recognises they do not have allrepparttar 105377 answers.

Highly successful small business owners are organised They know how to manage their time and have systems in place which enables them and their team to work effectively.

Highly successful small business owners are fit and healthy They understand that a healthy mind and body improves their productivity and general well-being. They realise that by keeping themselves fit and healthy it enables them to cope withrepparttar 105378 pressures of running a business.

Highly successful small business owners have a life They make time for their personal life a priority because they know it makes them a happier and more successful person.

How to Provide Exceptional Value

Written by Steve Brunkhorst


By Steve Brunkhorst http://www.AchieveEzine.com

The primary objective of a business is to get and keep customers. Growing a profitable business requires providing exemplary customer service and products or services of exceptional value.

Inrepparttar classic book by Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich, Wattles writes that it is essential to provide customers with more in use value than you receive from them in cash value. Exactly what does that mean?

Imagine purchasing a training course contained on a set of CDs, and that its price is $1,200. Some would consider this rather expensive, especially if they are working with a small budget. The costs of copying a few CDs, andrepparttar 105367 packaging and shipping costs would not nearly be worth $1,200!

However, suppose you usedrepparttar 105368 knowledge and resources contained inrepparttar 105369 course to generate several million dollars of income during your lifetime. In this case, you have obtained far more in use value than you paid in cash value. In fact, you might consider your purchase of $1,200 to be a real bargain.

The seller was not responsible for whether or not you would userepparttar 105370 material. Nevertheless, he or she provided a product of extraordinary value.

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