Cultivating Service

"At Your Service"

Want your business to flourish in 2011? Find ways to cultivate abundance; return to basics. In addition to email and social media, employ the ultimate approach to service. Resolve to return to basics. Here are some ideas: Call someone with a lead or referral for their business. Send a hand written thank you note to a customer. Take a great employee to lunch and don't talk business! Give a plant to your partner and thank her for helping you grow the business. Send a distant client a gas card.

Invest in Yourself

Take care of yourself and invest in continued improvement. Just like investing money, you need to "pay yourself first". Carve out time in the day to exercise or work on personal growth before you tackle your work challenges. Consider it the cost of doing business through good times and bad. If you exercise your mind and body consistently, you will reap benefits that will continue to grow over time. Think of it as exercise cost-averaging. Stay the course and you will continue to grow.