Perception is a key to Success...

What is the first thing someone sees when they walk into your business? You, Your employees, the decor?

How your customers, suppliers and partners perceive you is very important when it comes to doing business. It comes back to the saying, "look the part, act the part." If your employees think you look like a slob, they won’t respect you as much as if you dressed professionally. The same goes for you suppliers and partners. Neither will want to do business with you if they think you are unqualified just by your appearance.  Dressing and acting the part is easy. It doesn't mean going out and buying an expensive suit, though a suit would be nice. It just means wearing clean, fitting and ironed clothes. Giving you employees, supplier and investors the impression that you are successful will give them confidence which will give you the needed respect and financing in order to become successful. 

With looking the part comes acting the part. This DOES NOT mean spend like a millionaire! This means you should try and give the illusion that money is no an object. This will make people think you have enough and they will give you more. Funny thing, the bank will only give money to those who more-less already have it, so act like you have it. This is true because the bank requires collateral, like some investors, so if you don't have it or look like you have it you wont get it! 

Remember, money attracts money. This means that if you appear to have money you will attract more people with money than if you appeared to have no money.

Hope this was helpful! Feel free to comment, suggest future topics or email me with questions.


- Time is the only thing we can't get back! Use it wisely!

Business Advice: Do more than one thing at a time

When it come to business, big or small, time is money. The simplest way to save money in business is to become more efficient. Which brings me to my blog topic of the week; Do more then one thing at a time. Sounds simple eh? Like something you already do in your business. But how well do you really do it? I'm not referring to how well you can drive and talk or email. I'm referring to the number of things you do and note when you get up from your desk to do something. For example, a simple one is if you're hungry you'll get food and usually you'll get a drink as well. All of a sudden one thing turned into two. Now, the goal of this blog post is to get you thinking about doing several things when doing the main thing you set out to do. Another example is walking from one area of you business to the other, your office to HR. Your main goal is to get to HR and ask them a question. There are several things you can do well walking through your business. You can check to make sure the floors are clean, say hi to your employees as you walk by and just keep a general eye and ear open. Essentially, be aware of what is going on throughout.
No matter what your main goal is there are several smaller tasks that can get done or mental notes you can make well completing your main objective.
Next time you get up from your desk or decide to do something, business related or not, think of other tasks you could be doing or are doing in order to get a better grasp on this concept. The way to get good at this is to try and incorporate it into your daily habits. Over time you'll get better and your business will become more efficient and potentially more profitable.
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