Business Basics

How to Get Going on Monday Morning... by Paul Barrs Remember those days when we used to have to get up to go to work, and every Monday morning following a great weekend we’d struggle to pull that tired old body up from under the covers and into the office or the factory or wherever it was that someone else was paying us to be? Are you still there (maybe)? I remember those days and if I remember correctly I could accurately say “they sucked”! You know, it’s been nearly 15 years since I’ve had to *do that* for someone else; it’s what you would call “living the dream baby.” The thing is, whilst the problem may be different, for many of us Monday Mornings are still the same – we just don’t start the week the way we want to. So here’s what I’m doing this Monday morning; from it, I hope that you will glean some ideas of how you can connect better with your business (your “people”) and build a better income for yourself. I started the day off with some light exercise. I never get into it too heavy in the mornings simply because this old body ain’t what it used to be – but I understand that a fit body builds a fit mind. The better shape my body is in day by day the better shape my mind is in and the better decisions I can make, products I can create and so on. It’s a great way to start every day.

I found myself in an interesting position today questioning whether or not I believed the story a potential supplier gave me as to why I hadn’t received his quote (which I requested) 3 weeks earlier. What the story was doesn’t matter, but what DOES matter...

When retirement finally comes, I’m going to remember those Monday mornings where I often struggled to pull my torpid old bones from under the covers and into life to whatever job I was doing at the time. Although I’m far from retirement now, I can say...