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<blockquote data-quote="City Guy" data-source="post: 1377096" data-attributes="member: 25547"><p>Serenity Prayer comes to mind: "Control the things I can". If you are not direct selling your product you cannot control your income. That leaves only the inputs to control. Some things I have noticed about successful business owners:</p><p>1. They have a plan. It is flexible enough to adapt to uncontrollable changes but it has a definable goal with step-by-step instructions.</p><p>2. They have disaster plans. They know ahead of time what they will do in hard times; they are seldom taken by surprise.</p><p>3. They are stingy. They think long and hard before letting go of each penny. In their minds virtually no expense is considered "fixed" or "necessary".</p><p>4. They are ruthless. If an animal, machine or person doesn't carry its load it's gone.</p><p>5. They demand their money back. Before spending a penny on anything, they want reasonable assurance that the expenditure will pay for itself in a reasonable time.</p><p>6. They don't give a rats azz what everyone else is doing. They are not afraid to go against the "commonly accepted practices".</p><p>7. What others think of them is none of their business.</p><p>8. During good times they hoard their money and lay low. During hard times they take advantage of the bargains with the money they put away.</p><p>9. They are community minded, honest, trustworthy and generous to family, friends and community.</p><p></p><p>I notice these qualities in others because, as a businessman, I practiced NONE of the first eight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="City Guy, post: 1377096, member: 25547"] Serenity Prayer comes to mind: "Control the things I can". If you are not direct selling your product you cannot control your income. That leaves only the inputs to control. Some things I have noticed about successful business owners: 1. They have a plan. It is flexible enough to adapt to uncontrollable changes but it has a definable goal with step-by-step instructions. 2. They have disaster plans. They know ahead of time what they will do in hard times; they are seldom taken by surprise. 3. They are stingy. They think long and hard before letting go of each penny. In their minds virtually no expense is considered "fixed" or "necessary". 4. They are ruthless. If an animal, machine or person doesn't carry its load it's gone. 5. They demand their money back. Before spending a penny on anything, they want reasonable assurance that the expenditure will pay for itself in a reasonable time. 6. They don't give a rats azz what everyone else is doing. They are not afraid to go against the "commonly accepted practices". 7. What others think of them is none of their business. 8. During good times they hoard their money and lay low. During hard times they take advantage of the bargains with the money they put away. 9. They are community minded, honest, trustworthy and generous to family, friends and community. I notice these qualities in others because, as a businessman, I practiced NONE of the first eight. [/QUOTE]
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