Begin with the End in Mind (and other bits of wisdom)
- Begin with the end in mind – Doug asked the audience to think about Steven Covey’s habit as it relates to their individual businesses. This was an interesting concept because most of the entrepreneurs that I have met over the years are more concerned with getting their business up and running, positive cash flow, and business development, than on what the legacy will be when they sell the company. My company is based on the relationships that Ann Marie and I have within the community and our legacy will be our reputations, which we enhance and protect every day.
- Focus on the process and not the form – Michael said that the new workforce is more in tune with filling out the blanks on a pre-printed form, but not necessarily skilled on how the process was created. The analogy that I make to this concept is the fact that many younger people today don’t know multiplication tables because they have been brought up using a calculator. So as business owners, we must teach our employees to think about the process as well as the result.
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