"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain
We all know people who just cannot seem to accomplish anything. They always seem to be working, but they never get anything done. They are busy doing stuff, but nothing ever seems to be finished. On the other hand we all know people who plan everything that they do down to the finest detail, but again nothing ever seems to be accomplished. They have great plans but no achievements to show for the planning.
It is imperative that we plan what we are going to accomplish in our
businesses. Without plans we go off in all directions and never know what we
need to do next to accomplish the end goals. Without plans we waste money,
time, and effort, whether it is ours or that of our employees. We must have
simple, detailed goals that lead us to our objectives, and our goals must be
written down. We do have written, detailed goals, don’t we?
However, we can have all the goals and plans to accomplish those goals
that we can write down, and we can still never achieve anything if we don’t get
started doing something. We must take action on accomplishing the plans and
goals that we have. We cannot just lay out plans on paper or wherever we have
them; we must actually take the action steps to do them. We must take a leap of
faith.
Sometimes action steps can be very intimidating, and we may be afraid
of trying anything that is outside our natural abilities. We may be faced with
doing something that we don’t have the knowledge to accomplish, and we may need
to ask for help from others, someone who we must trust. Sometimes we must just
jump into the deep end of the pool and see what happens. We may have researched
the water over and over, but now we need to get wet.
What if we do need the help of someone else; what if we must trust
someone who knows more than we do? We research that person and their talents when
we find someone who we think can help us, someone in whom we believe. Then we
trust them, follow their lead, and do what they tell us to do. Only through
complete trust and faith in them, and their expertise, can we reap the rewards
of taking the chance.
Our networking partners, with whom we have built relationships through Gratitude
Marketing, should be the source of the help that we may need. If they
are not the actual person, or persons, that we need, they may connect us with
the person who will lead us to success and to accomplishing our goals. That is
why we have built these relationships; that is why these partnerships are in
existence. If these partnerships cannot help us now, when can they help us?
Very often our networking partners will give us the best advice that we
could ever have. When asked for help, or when they hear that we cannot seem to
accomplish our goals or plans, they may just tell us to get started and work on
the situation. After all that is one of the reasons that we have built these
relationships, to have someone to tell us when we are doing something wrong, or
not doing what we should do.
Gratitude Marketing builds relationships with
others whom we trust and with whom we share our thoughts, beliefs, and goals. Those
relationships are there to kick in when we need to get started and go to work. Please
leave me your comments, or email me at Jim@JimTeasley.com,
or call me at 360-314-8691.
Great post -- again! -- Jim. Thanks.
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