Secret of Success: Stubborn Determination

By: Brian Plett
Submitted: 2007-01-17 15:15:06
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On most days you will be surrounded by people who are smarter than you are. All the brains in the world won't matter unless you have determination, determination to see a project through no matter what happens. If you have stubborn determination it levels the playing field against others, that might be smarter, or have more money.

In small business it is very important to think outside the box. You need to step back and look at things objectively, removing yourself enough to look at it as an outsider. This is often hard to do because our business is often who we are, it is an extension of ourselves. It's also hard to be objective because our business is often a dream of ours, so it can be hard to take advice. Maybe you have friends you can ask for advice, or employees who might have ideas on how to do things better.If you get employees involved with this process, they also feel much more important and involved in the business.

Sometimes things will go wrong, possible terribly wrong. In all this negativity you need to keep yourself focused on the job at hand. The job at hand is to evaluate and see what is going wrong. you need to

remove yourself enough so you can look at the the problems objectively. Then go ahead and fix the problem. Friends and employees can help in identifying the problem, but there is only one person that can fix the problem. In a small company that person is called the boss or owner of the business.

We need to keep in mind that not every idea is a good idea. Sometimes a project that we are involved with is just not a good idea, and therefore stubborn determination in this case would not be good. Therefore you need to look at it objectively and not be married to the project, and or product. You will have to make decisions, decisions that won't be popular with some people. For a lot of people starting and running a business is a dream come true, therefore pulling the plug on a dream can be very difficult. The main thing is to learn from our mistakes and through this learn better ways of doing things. Don't have the woe is me attitude, or try to bury your head in the sand, hoping the problems will go away. It is time for action, and stubborn determination to see a project through to the finish and that is what separates the winners from the losers.

You need the persistance and determination when things don't happen the way you predicted. This persistence and determination is not just for CEO's of big companies, it is actually far more important for small companies. Stubborn determination is far more important in small businesses and can very much level the playing field against big companies. The area where any small business can be better than a big business is in better personal service. The big stores might beat you on price, but you can give the more personnel touch. People love to be treated with personal care, and they will flock to your store or internet business if you can find the way to give good customer service. Successful business depends more on what you do, then what your competitor does. This doesn't mean ignoring the competition, or being arrogant and thinking they can't touch you. Success comes from within your company. When competing with any company, a business has to be persistent and take advantage of what they do best. All businesses need to focus on there advantages, and also get to know there customers.

It is always a good idea to designate work to others, except don't make others do what you won't do. A very good leader will not be afraid to get there hands dirty. A popular leader will lead rather than designate.

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