You Need a Compass to Navigate up the Mountain.

A "compass" is an instrument that assists in identifying your location; i.e., "where you are?"

Before you begin the trip "up the mountain" and, certainly, during the journey up the mountain, it is important to pause and "get your bearings." In a real business sense, you should know:

• What do others think of you?
  • Your customers
  • Your prospective customers
  • Your employees
  • Your former employees
  • Your competitors
• What is your true uniqueness?
• What niche are you trying to occupy?
• How competent are you in what you offer?
• Are you diligent in expanding your capabilities (and staying cutting edge)?
• Your staff:
  • Are they as good as you can get?
  • Do you pay them "fairly?" and are you incentivizing them to develop professionally?
  • Do they have passion?
  • Have you developed your middle-management to be "as good as they can be"; and are they loyal?
  • Can you take a "day off" or a "week off?"
• How many months of cash reserves have you "protected"?
• How "in line" are your financial indices?
• Have you identified "your prospective universe" and started nurturing...from suspect to prospect to valued customer?
• Are you able to sit down on a Monday morning, drink a cup coffee and review a "Flash Report" that highlights where you are and what needs to be done?
• Are you having fun?
• "When the day is done"…do you know who you will be handing the office keys to?

I would like to help you use your compass...