What's the most important asset in your business besides you? It's your attitude.
Small business growth that is long term and not temporary comes from having a good attitude.
Regardless of where you are at, whether you are starting up a business or running a business your attitude is critical in determining the outcome.
How would you define attitude? Your attitude is a mirror on all that you feel.
Your philosophy, on the other hand, is a reflection of all that you think.
And, yes, the two are definitely connected.
There is a poem, Builder or Wrecker, written by an anonymous author, which emphasizes the most critical component to your success, your attitude.
As Zig Ziglar said, "Your attitude in life will determine your altitude.
" How true that is.
Builder or Wrecker I watched them tearing a building down, A gang of men in a busy town.
With a ho heave ho and a lusty yell, They swung a beam and wall fell.
I asked the foreman are these men skilled.
Like the ones you'd hire if you had to build.
He laughed and replied, "No indeed.
Common labor is all I need.
I can tear down in a day or two What has take builders years to do.
" I asked myself as I walked away Which of these roles have I tried to play? Am I a builder who builds with care, Measuring life by rule and square? Or am I wrecker who walks the town, Content with the labor of tearing down? There is much to be taken from this poem.
The truth is that in all of us there is the attitude of a builder and the attitude of a wrecker.
You will truly reap what you sow.
The small business owner who has the discipline to plant good seeds with his attitudes and actions is on track to find the success and happiness he desires.
Small business growth is much more likely to happen if there is an attitude that fosters positive action.
It starts with good attitude about yourself.
How do you see yourself? How do you dress? Do you take care of your appearance? How do you talk to others? Are you treating yourself as an important person? When you own your own business there is a high likelihood that somehow you treat everything else as important.
In the name of business it is easy to forget about the fact that you are the most important person.
Without you, there would be no business.
Always remember that you are the most important person in your business.
You are its most valuable asset.
Next time you are challenged and your attitude may be ready to go in the wrong direction ask yourself this question.
Is this the way an important person thinks? To help you move in the right direction and keep a good attitude remember this.
The attitude you feed the most will win.
Feed the good attitude through your positive words.
Don't get hung by your tongue.
And give visual evidence of your good attitude through your actions.
Build yourself up by building up others.
Be a builder.
When you are a builder you are a good finder in your business and your life.
When you are searching for the good in your business and others an amazing thing happens.
The good you are seeking is drawn to you and finds you.
Practice being a builder and you will increase the odds of creating and enjoying the success and happiness you desire.