We talk a great deal here in the Home Business blog about control and organization–how to build and shape and encourage growth in our business operations. In reality, sometimes even our home businesses have an organic process of their own and they need us to get out of the way so that they can develop and grow in the direction they are meant to.
I know this might sound a little “new age” for some of you who have strong ideas about how to build and shape a business, but I do think there is such a thing as energy and fate–there are simply things that we cannot control no matter how much we try. We cannot control the overall economy or necessarily how it affects our business. We also cannot really control word-of-mouth marketing or other organic processes. Sometimes, the most productive thing we can do is to take a back seat, work on other things, and allow for the inevitable to happen to our businesses.
Have you ever been surprised by something that happened in your business operations? A customer or client who came to you “out of the blue”? or perhaps a competitor went out of business or a supplier cut prices. These gifts are just part of the natural flow of things. We can spend our time trying to figure out exactly WHY they happened and try to control every tiny detail, or we can step back and allow for some natural flow in our businesses too–sometimes things just happen–both positive and negative things–and we can either get in the way or step back and allow them to unfold. It may be helpful to ask yourself: What is in the best interest of my business? A healthy combination of control and organization and making room for outside influences may be best.
Also: Are Your Customers and Clients Controlling You?
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