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Promises,
Promises
By Cheryl Demas
It's
election time here in the US, and we're hearing a lot of promises from
politicians.
Last night as I was
listening to a campaign speech on the news, it struck me how similar a
politician's promises are to the promises we sometimes hear from people
who are trying to get us to buy into their business opportunities. They tell us
what they think we want to hear until they get what they want, our votes or our
money, and then we may feel that they just forget about us.
In business, as in government, a good, strong leader can present an opportunity
to us, inspire us to do our best, and motivate us to keep moving forward. But
in the end, it is up to us to do the work. We have to make our own success, and
we have no one to blame but ourselves for our failures.
The problem with looking for someone to bring along a business opportunity that
will solve all of our problems is the same as relying on a politician to solve
all of our problems. No matter what they say, they simply can't solve things
for us, we have to take the initiative and take care of ourselves. They
can give us the opportunities, but it's what we do with those opportunities
that determines whether or not we will be successful, as a country and as a
business.
If you feel that your business isn't living up to the expectations you had when
you started, ask yourself if you're really doing the work to make it
successful, or are you waiting for the promises to just come true? Are you
working for your customers? Are you networking and generating new leads every
day? Are you providing the best service you can to your customers? We all have
control of our destinies, in business and in life, but we have to take the
initiative.
To paraphrase a great politician, "Ask not what your customers can do for
you
… ask what you can do for your customers."
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Cheryl Demas creates a weekly cartoon/column for Work At Home Moms. She also
publishes WAHM.com - The Online Magazine for Work-at-Home Moms.
Her new book, The Work-At-Home Mom's Guide to Home Business: Stay at Home and
Make Money with WAHM.com" will be in bookstores this April, but can be
pre-ordered online now.
ISBN: 1891506498
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