How To Build A Real Business

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When you see something great, a great mind is behind it. Nothing happens by accident.

If you want to build a great business, you must take care of your people, your money, and your customers.’

Remember, according to Kevin Cope, ‘Cash is the fuel that drives a business.

A primary purpose of any business is to produce a return on the investment of its stockholders (owners or shareholders).’

Employees can impact asset strength by doing anything that benefits cash position.’

‘The productivity of employees reflects how much work employees can accomplish and is often affected by the tools and technology they have and the training and education they receive.’

Employees can improve asset ultilization by eliminating inefficient or nonproducing assets, getting more productivity from existing assets, making business processes more efficient, and by working to use personal time more effectively.’

People are the most important resource for any company. Employees and customers are two important shareholders to your business.’

Your customers are your lifeblood of your business. You should focus on your customers more than on your competitors.’

Customers buy more than just products. They purchase trustworthiness, convenience, prestige, or a memorable experience. Determine what your customers are buying.’

Companies known for excellence in one driver usually excel in others.’

Everything you do to impact profit– primarily increasing sales or reducing expenses, including cost of goods sold- influences the bottom line of your income statement.’

Source

Kevin Cope (2012). Seeing the Big Picture: Business Acumen to Build Your Credibility, Career, and Company

How To Boost Your Productivity At Work

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Productivity is not about what you are doing. Productivity is about how you are doing what you are doing. If you want to achieve more at work, focus on what matters.

If you want to boost your productivity at work, according to Laura Mae Martin, ‘Say no to everything, except the things you say yes to.’

‘To achieve Uptime, you must prioritize downtime.’

Pick something that’s sitting in your inbox or weighing on you that you’d like to say no to.’

Keep a notepad at your desk for two weeks. Anytime you’re feeling in the zone- exceptionally productive- write down some of the conditions. Notice patterns.’

‘Be in charge of your day, not at a mercy of it.’

‘Choosing specific locations for specific tasks helps you ease into them.’

Beware the recurring meeting that lingers on your calendar even after it has served its purpose.’

Choose a lens for looking at your calendar with the time review mindset.’

Spend thirty minutes or less reviewing your time to look at things like total time spent or average weekly time.’

‘The best way to get ahead of procrastination is to make sure you’re slotting the right work at the right time.’

Find a task you’ve been putting of-ask yourself what daily theme and time of day would be the best time to do this and schedule to work on it then.’

Swiss-chess the task down to the tiniest task possible, and write that as your to-do list item, including the amount of time estimated to complete it.’

Source

Laura Mae Martin (2024). Up Time: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing