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One of the principles of Stephen Covey’s leadership is “first things first and has to do with the paradigm of what is important. Talk of effectiveness, and how every person and organization can define and focus its resources on what is truly important.

In that sense, today I share a few tips that will help you improve your business and that if you apply within 30 days might be enjoying better results.

It is very common as an entrepreneur when you’re immersed in the daily that “do your business activities will” dilute “without realizing it in a myriad of activities that often do not affect or contribute to the economic performance you expect from your company .

Because of that these 30 tips help you visualize intended major areas that you can afford to neglect:

* Day 1: Decide firmly entrepreneurial class you want to be: successful or mediocre. Your attitude is a key decision for the whole of your business.

* Day 2: Make a commitment to yourself. After evaluating your attitude, commit yourself and review your goals, your dreams and motivations for doing what you do.

* Day 3: Evaluate your monthly budget. Check carefully your fixed and variable costs and cut all unnecessary spending that does not contribute to the growth of the company.

* Day 4: Target a percentage of your promotional budget. An unknown company is like a beautiful island where nobody comes. Defines a monthly amount to invest in promotion of low cost.

* Day 5: Make the decision to sell more. Sales are the growth engine of your business. If you have an aggressive sales strategy is time to put everything aside and sell, sell sell!

* Day 6: Empower your merchants. Your sales force needs constant motivation and training. Prepare a training plan and if necessary, invest in a professional to help them improve their sales effectiveness. Read the rest of this entry »

Launch your own business is a unique and extraordinary experience. But when the going gets rough and suddenly you realize you’re caught in a storm of debt that seems impossible to leave, that’s when you need to take drastic actions and decisions with a sense of urgency.

Today I share with you 10 tips you can start practicing now to get out of debt and restore your business.

In the first part of this article we say that the debts are not the end of your business and made two important examples of how famous entrepreneurs have acted in times of crisis in their business. They are Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki.

Says an old saying that half of the solution of the problem, just recognizing the problem. And on the issue of debt, that is fundamental.

What led you to you and your business to the situation where you are?
The reasons why many businesses come to be in financial difficulties to the point to be at risk of bankruptcy may be varied:

* Changes in market conditions
* Global crisis situations that directly affect your business
* Policy decisions variables such as fiscal and political conditions of import and export
* Crime
* Loss of major customers
Mala * Financial resources management
Malpractice

However, it is regrettable to recognize that the main reasons why companies are experiencing serious debt problems are often the last two: negligence and mismanagement by their managers and administrators.

Whatever the reasons, you must be clear that debt free may take time, and the longer you let it go to begin to act the effects may be worse. So I recommend, after you finish reading this article, take pen and paper and start taking some important decisions to get out of debt:

1. You must identify what actually causes that are affecting your business. To identify it and determine where you have potential to counter its effects.

If causes are external, then get informed enough to determine what actions to take and if the causes are internal, you should make decisions for the good of root out the source of the problem

2. Immediately and thoroughly analyzes your monthly budget. Identify the fixed monthly expenses that are absolutely essential and eliminating others.

Identify the variable costs and be sure to immediately recall all unnecessary spending. This will immediately cease deshaogar room for some payments to creditors.

3. Make an x-ray of your debts (liabilities). This is a comprehensive summary of all the debts you have currently. Be sure to include all I owe. Do not kid yourself pretending to hide “small debts.”

The more clear you are, the better decisions you make. Included in this film: Debts to suppliers, credit cards loans you have made to family or others, you make monthly subscriptions for the purchase of property, etc.

And once you have it, add it and pulls out a total. This will be your real passive state and it is better to have it very clear at this point to project a realistic plan. Read the rest of this entry »