Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Spring Cleaning Your Business.

At one time there was a tradition known as spring cleaning. Living in Florida, it is not as obvious as it might have been in the more northern states where after a long winter of accumulation and storage of things in close quarters, we would move everything out and let the fresh air in. Here we do not have that annual reminder, but it is just as important, no matter what time of year. Summertime may be more convenient for us, when business is slower. It is just as important to business that we do an occasional cleaning of clutter and more importantly, an assessment of our business plan. Old files and dead projects need to be disposed of so that we can better concentrate on the active and potentially productive ones. The advantage of small business is that it can have a flexibility that large business can never have with their various departments and approval processes. If something is not working, now may be the time to decide to kill it and look at other profit possibilities. So, open your mind to new ideas and enjoy the invigoration of a fresh smelling office and the excitement of fresh ideas.