The problem is that it’s easy to form habits and become very set in our ways. We resist change and so do our staff. The business plods along okay as everything steadily changes around it. Then day by day business gets a bit tougher. Customers become more demanding, competition increases and it becomes harder to make ends meet. We all know what happens next even if it does take a few years until inevitable end. The fact is it doesn’t need to be like that.

As a Manager/Leader best way to ensure continuing business success and job security is to embrace change. It doesn’t matter how big or how small a company is. Without change tendency is to become sluggish, even bureaucratic. It’s easy to lose sharp edge and become slow at making decisions and taking action. There is tendency to avoid any situation that might hold even slightest element of risk.

My advice is to keep your mind open to change all time. Welcome it. It’s only by examining and re-examining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.

Your words might say you do, but our thoughts and actions very often say something entirely different.

What am I getting at? Well...

If you are still doing things same way you've always done things, then reading this could be most important thing you do all year. Why? Because your thoughts and actions can be fuel you need to get your business up and running.

However, consider this - your thoughts and actions can also act like a 'straight jacket.' They could be stopping you from reaching your fullest potential, or making it easy for competitors to knock you around.

Don't fall into this trap and become a victim of change. Instead, embrace change and continually re-educate mind.

There is an old saying, "you never stop learning" and it's true. If you are willing to make a personal commitment to perpetual re-education, you will come face-to-face with some of most exceptional opportunities world has ever seen.