The Busy Business Owner’s Rhyme

Hickory dickory dock — the busy business owner took a look at the clock. The clock struck eight and she said “this is going to be great!” Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock — the busy business owner took a look at the clock. The clock struck noon and she was on the move! Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock — the busy business owner took a look at the clock. The clock struck three, four, five and she said “I’ll be lucky to make it out of here alive!”. Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock — the busy business owner took a look at the clock. The clock struck seven and she said to herself “another day in heaven!” Hickory dickory dock.

Have you ever found yourself looking for some great big move you can make that’ll create a dramatic shift in your business or life? I know I’ve fallen prey to that thinking in the past. But that’s a dangerous path to follow. Like a deserted back alley in Brooklyn peppered with burnt out cars, you’ll find this path to success is scattered with the wreckage of failed entrepreneurial dreams of those who’ve vainly gone before you.

It’s not the BIG hits that will turn the tide for the average small business owner. It’s the small incremental changes you make on a consistent basis that determine where you’ll be a month, a year, or a decade from now. Almost imperceivably you can radically transform the performance of your business and the quality of your life with tiny decisions and actions made every day.

Instead of waiting and hoping for something BIG to happen, concentrate your efforts and make something dramatic happen one minute at a time. Strive for the future you desire minute by minute and you’ll become the person who’s ready to live the destiny you were created for without even noticing.

This concept is contrary to what society pushes, and if you look at the success level of the average person, you an see how ineffective it really is. It’s not an easy approach to grasp, so to help get you started here are seven principles to get you started.

1. Go beyond the call of duty. Arrive early and stay late. Put in the extra effort on the next project you complete for a client — especially one that you’re not paid for. You’ll not only stand out from the “herd,” you’ll be recognized and rewarded with far more than what you invest.

2. Give people more than they expect. Simply put — “Under-promise and over-deliver.” If you provide more value than what you’re compensated for, then you will be rewarded with more than what you ever expected.

3. Maintain the highest standards. Life will pay you any price you demand. You’re the boss, but prove you deserve the best by demanding peak performance from yourself. Your team will recognize your code of conduct and adapt according to your standards.

4. Do something meaningful for someone each day, something that you won’t get paid for. This will teach your subconscious that you have abundance in your life. Abundance of time, money, talent and emotions. If you never empty your glass, it will never be refilled.

5. Do ordinary things in an extraordinary way and don’t be content with mediocrity. Push yourself just a little more than you think you are capable of. Make it a personal rule that whatever passes through your hands will have your unique fingerprint of excellence on it.

6. When you know there is a better way to do something, do it! Don’t hesitate. If you do hesitate, one of your competitors will step in, take action, and claim the rewards. Take a step in the right direction and change one thing in your business today. Maybe it’s one small action you’ve been intending to take for sometime now. These small incremental actions are what success is made of.

7. Be sure to take a break, and recharge one day a week. It can be any day you like — but do it! My pastor takes off Tuesday’s.The woman who cuts my hair closes her salon on Mondays. My day varies from week to week, and yours can too. THe bottom line is you must take the time to focus on your goals, the big picture, your relationships with family and your creator. Then you’ll enter the new week recharged and ready for growth.

Practice one of these One-Minute Success Habits each day for the next 30-days and prove to yourself that you can achieve BIG business success one minute at a time! If you have questions or would like feedback on ideas you have — be sure to post a comment to this post.

About the Author: John-Paul Micek and his partner Deborah Cole Micek are Business Growth Coaches. They specialize in coaching you to get twice as much done in half as much time while you achieve profit-doubling growth in 12-months or less.

In just 12-months with your membership in the www.BusinessOwnersCoachingClub.com you can bridge the digital divide and transform your small business into a click-and-mortar powerhouse that delivers the profits, personal fulfillment, and free time you want.

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