Ray's Success Breeders Cup

I've been thinking more and more about what contributes most to an entrepreneurs success and although it comes down to a combination of many influences the most important to me is learning from others who have achieved success. How did they get there? What drove them to success? Who played a part in their success? When have they achieved success before? Is success everything they hoped or planned it to be? What is success? What was their measurement(s) of success? What were the barriers to their success and how did they overcome these barriers?

These questions when answered by people who created success for them self and/or their company are answered they give all of us who strive for our own successes a potential road map to follow. I believe Success Breeds Success. Therefore, starting today, I will add a new category to my blog: 'Ray's Success Breeders Cup'

I will be searching out highly successful entrepreneurs and businesses on the move to have a one on one conversation to answer the questions above. This conversation will be added to my blog under this new category with a link to their website.

If you are interested in being interviewed by me by telephone, email or person to person, I'm opened to any method that is most convenient for us both. Just respond with your interest as a comment to this post and I will reply by email.

Remember: The true meaning of success is in the helping of others to succeed.

Cold-FX Teaches Business Owners About Prevention

Is Cold-FX the cure for the most common illness, the common cold? Maybe. The makers of Cold-FX don't make the claim to cure the cold. They in fact have applied simple logic to this age old problem. The same problem that persists business owners and turns most of us into 'firefighters'. We run around the office in complete turmoil, always busy but never getting anything done, trying to solve urgent problems...'firefighting'. When we firefight we tend to ignore what is really important in our business and that is; working on our plan.

What does this have to do with Cold-FX? Plenty.

Cold-FX is a remedy that works on the age old Ben Franklin quote; 'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.'

Cold-FX claim to 'boost your immune system to stop, shorten or reduce cold and flu symptoms'. And from the people I know who use the product every day, it works. Why does it work? Because it doesn't wait for the cold and then try and cure the problem. It has a plan that when followed prevents the cold. Do you see the similarities to business and where I'm going now?

How many small and medium sized business owners, the true entrepreneurs, have a business plan? A Marketing plan of any kind? Not many, based on the many I have spoke to over the years.

Think of your business plan as your road map to success. Or, as your ounce of prevention...your Cold-FX. Make sure your plan lays out what you want to achieve in growth over the next 5 years. Start at a high level and then drill down to the point where you have a daily plan. If you don't know how to do this then source out some local expertise and get it done. Check with your local Chamber of Commerce for direction to perhaps resources or someone on their membership roster.

Sure you will have fires to put out occasionally but now you will be able to prioritize what is urgent, what is important and what can wait based on your plan.

Business Owner or Employee - Which Are You?

I was reading some articles on ezine where I also post articles as an expert author and came across a great article. Kimberly Gingras has some personal observations that helps you determine the difference between the mentality of an employee versus the business owner. If you're thinking about making the move to self employment then you should read this short article by Kimberly on ezine: click here for the article.