How much of our time as small business owners is spent going through the motions rather than setting ourselves a purposeful path and following it. I have been doing some research in this area and I believe the process starts with knowing ourselves and then purposely creating the desired outcomes for our business, family and ourselves by having a personal mission statement. Here is a link you can use to create your mission statement:http://www.franklincovey.com/msb/missions/login This along with Stephen R Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective People are a good starting point. Covey covers in his book: He talks about:
- Being proactive – be the programmer – how to lead
- Begin with the end in mind – mission
- Putting first things first – priorities
- Paradigm of interdependence – do it with others
- Think win-win – best outcomes and mindset
- Seek to understand first – seek insight
- Synergize – 1+1= more than 3
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