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<strong>Success Business Strategy #1 YOU'RE  FIRED!
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REAL SUCCESS happens when your business runs better <strong>without</strong> you in it, when you can<strong> fire yourself</strong> and be absolutely thrilled!

Do you ever feel like you have to do everything in your business? Everything? Meaning…<em>everything</em>? Maybe you tell yourself “<strong>you</strong> <strong>want to do<em> everything</em></strong><em>”</em> in your business, it’s your “baby” and your vision, and your customer? And you know that no one could possibly do it as efficiently and/or effectively as you? No one could possibly have the same passion you do; after all, you grew this business from just a seedling, and now its in full bloom!

<strong>When business strategy turns into business burn out.</strong>

Here’s the problem.  You’re burned out, working too many hours, and for some strange reason (<em>blame it on the economy</em>) growth seems slower, and your overhead seems higher? It’s like same (pardon the expression) "same s- -t different day".

Even the idea of business training sounds good at this point but you don’t have the time?  Too busy getting through the day- to- day “stuff”.

So what do you do? Here are <strong>5 simple questions to ask yourself</strong> to build clarity around your vision, and begin climbing out of the day to day and into the next level of growth.
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	<li><strong>First</strong>, ask yourself WHY did I get into this business in the first place? What’s my 5 -year plan? Do I want to be doing the same thing and having the same day in five years that I am having now? Need perspective! Take a day off and fiddle with this idea.</li>
	<li><strong>Then</strong>, ask yourself:  Where do I add the most value in my business? Is it engaging with the customer? Is it making sales? Is it coming up with unique and diverse marketing strategies? Is it looking at the market trends and tweaking your existing business model to stay competitive.</li>
	<li><strong>After that then,</strong> ask yourself: What activities that I do in the business can I fire myself at? Start looking at jobs you do that you can fire yourself at. <em>Really.</em> What can you let go of and outsource? (Forget about the cost for now)</li>
	<li><strong>And then,</strong> ask yourself: What part of the business besides adding value to, that I absolutely love to do? That I would do for FREE just because it is so fun and comes so natural?</li>
	<li><strong>Finally,</strong> ask yourself: What’s the first activity I am going to take off my plate and how will I get the job done with out me doing it?</li>
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Real success happens when your business runs better with out you in it. It means that you have solutions for successful processes and systems. Not only will you have more time to breath, your bottom line will increase and you now have a business worthy of selling.

By Melissa Hart Woods