Starting early! How you can get a head start?
This morning was like no different from any other morning. Up, shower, dressed, breakfast… 4 year old daughter doing homework… hang on a minute!
My eldest daughter Hannah started school just over a week ago. She loves it. It leaves her feeling absolutely knackered though. She was up and at it before my wife and I were even awake, excited about another day at school.
After she had finished her breakfast I heard her shout, “Can I do my homework now?” - I did not expect to hear that! Should a 4 year old not be wanting to watch TV, play in the garden, do some colouring or something? Clearnly not. Let’s hope this novelty doesn’t wear off.
How can Hannah teach us something about how we could do our business better?
The phrase “The early bird catches the worm” springs to mind. This means “One who arrives first has the best chance for success” (http://www.answers.com/topic/early-bird).
Hannah got up early… was excited about the day and got on with getting ready for school, even getting some homework done too.
In your business, are you that eager to get on? Do you get out of bed early looking forward to another great day with your team or your clients? Are you excited about getting on with your work and projects that are on the books at the moment?
Try today to look forward to some of the challenges that lay ahead - thinking how much you are going to learn from walking through them.
The other thing that we could take from this is that Hannah is getting a head start on her peers. There may be one or two others that might be up for getting in with homework in the same way, but I am certain that the whole of her class wont be the same.
How can you get ahead of the game in your industry? Do all you competitors conform to the same way of doing business, marketing or the way that they build relationships with others?
Have a think about your competitors. See how they are advertising and promoting their business. Are they all in the yellow pages because that is the way that you have always done it in your industry? Try something new today (and no I am not sponsored by a well know supermarket chain). Try work out how your competitors are delivering their products and services. Is there a different way that they are not active in delivering in? Try it, test it, measure it, review it and repeat it if it worked.
Granted there may be good reasons for your competitors not doing something different. They may have tried it and it may just not work. Before stepping out, research and make your own decision. There is no harm in trying something new... who knows, you may just strike oil!
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