I was reading an older issue of Fortune magazine this week and they had a book excerpt from Jim Collins. He talked about managing through chaos. In the example he talked about two different expeditions to become the first to the South Pole. Two different leadership styles – one team made it, the other team didn’t.
What was the difference? Persistence. One team traveled some every day – no matter if there was a blizzard or the sun was shining brightly. On good weather days they didn’t overextend themselves and on bad weather days – they still traveled.
So what does traveling to the south pole have to do with your business. Decide you’re going to grow your business. A good goal if you’re starting out is to do one thing every day to promote your business. If you do one thing, by the end of the year you will have done over 300 things.
You need to do it if you have new tutor prospects running out of your ears… and you need to do it even if you haven’t gotten a lead in a month… just keep after it.
You can do it. Enjoy your weekend.
Here’s the article – http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/30/jim-collins-great-by-choice-exclusive-excerpt/