A priest, a nurse and a mechanical engineer were in some foreign country and about to be executed for some political infraction. They were to be executed by guillotine. They drew straws and the priest was to go first. He was asked, “Do you want to be executed face up or face down?” The priest replied, “Face up.” He was put in position and the lever was pulled and the blade came crashing down, only to stop just inches from his neck.

The crowd stirred, and a voice was heard to say, “It must be a sign from God. Release him.” The crowd took up the chant, “Release him. Release him.” And so the priest was let go.

Next was the nurse. She was asked, “Face up, or face down.” “Face down,” she answered. When she was in position, the lever was pulled and the blade came crashing down, only to stop just inches from her neck.

This time the crowd oooooh’d and aaaahhh’d. Together they yelled, “It must be a sign from God! Release her!” And so she was let go.

Now it was the engineer’s turn and when asked if he wanted to be face up or face down, he said, “Face up.” As soon as he was put in position he looked up and pointed, saying, “I see the problem!”

What is the moral of this story? Well, it’s that you sometimes become so focused on the problems that you forget to see the big picture. Do you have a plan for working ON your business instead of IN your business, but you find yourself caught up in the day-to-day activities and before you know it, months have gone by? And your business is still stuck where it was? No growth. No streamlining. No new customers. No systems in place. No quality control. No employee training. No delegating. Where is that business plan, anyway? Stuck in some file cabinet or safe? Under that pile on the dining room table? Do you even HAVE a business plan?

It’s easy to find yourself putting out fires all day or week long, but you absolutely MUST make a schedule that gives you time to work ON the business. Do whatever it takes and stick to the schedule!!! Now you can create systems that take the pressure off you and your employees. Now you can begin to grow your business while confident that the problems will be fixed by the appropriate people. I mean, someone, somewhere has to manage the business, right? Where is it written that it has to be you?

One of the things you can do to help systemize your business is to use a business tool that AUTOMATICALLY gets you referrals, does follow-up, creates deeper relationships with your customers/clients and employees, remembers important dates and such. This tool will give dramatic results while saving you time, money and effort. “What is it,” you ask? Well, if you email me at steveblu1@gmail.com  you can try it for FREE. The FREE TRIAL doesn’t show you how to do all that I mentioned, but if you will contact me for an appointment, I can do a complete walk-through with you over the phone.

So! Are you willing to spend a few minutes to try something you’ve never seen before but can help your business? Or are you so afraid that I’m trying to sell you something that you pass up an opportunity to look at a tool that benefits YOU? You wouldn’t be reading this if you were not open minded at least a little bit. Most people never become successful because they live defensively all their lives and in their businesses as well. Don’t let this be you!

See the big picture and not the “problem.”

To your business success!!

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