The saying I know goes something like this "Insanity is doing the thing over and over again, and expecting different results". I recently came across a new version of this quote. "If you don't adapt the way you fundamentally think about your business you will continue to get the results you wish were different." James Fisher, Growth Curve Institute. What do you think of James's quote?
Let's say for a moment that succession planning wasn't important. Making good decisions is always important. Many of us humans are either "tree people" or "forest people" to varying degrees. We're apt to automatically make decisions based only on what we see right in front of us; or what the long term goals are. Apt to be real good with detail or the big picture, again to varying degrees. However, to run a viable business, IMO we need to both make decisions based on now and how it might affect the company’s future. Ergo, when someone has a business it's important to create (at a minimum) a vision for 1 year, an exit vision, and a
If you don't get the infrastructure in place and the workplace community aligned as you grow, the pain of lost performance and profitability will inevitably send you back to the areas you thought or hoped that you could drive past. -- John Fisher, Managing Director, Growth Curve Institute
21 Power Principles of Business Builders Who Get Rich By Jay Abraham http://www.abraham.com/pdfs/21_Power_principles.pdf or http://www.scribd.com/doc/12805745/21-Power-Principles-to-Maximize-Your-Business-Success-by-Jay-Abraham
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