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You Are Your Worst Employee

Guest post by: Karl Ruegg

Article Overview: Lack of respect for your business is turning you into your own worst employee. You would have been fired a long time ago if you weren't your own boss. Why? Read below...

You Are Your Worst Employee

This is IMPORTANT...

There's a BIG PROBLEM trending.

You see...

Over the past several weeks, I've answered several hundreds of emails from my clients (and you may be one of them),who told me all the reasons why they need their business to work...

Health issues, home foreclosures, family challenges, pressure from the spouse, and more.

Those reasons are very real and they\'re great motivators to keep you focused.

But here\'s the BIG PROBLEM:

RESPECT. Yup, good ol\' R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

That\'s what I see trending in each email I get...

A lack of respect for your OWN business.

It\'s an EPIDEMIC in the online world.

Let me give you an example...

Say you\'re stuck in a Dilbert cube all day and your boss tells you to get stuff done.

What do you do?

You get stuff done.

And what happens when you don\'t?

You get FIRED.

Simple CAUSE and EFFECT, right?

Don\'t do your job = Don\'t collect your pay check.

So you get the job done because you RESPECT the pay check and you RESPECT the fact that your boss as the ultimate authority to cut your bread money... so you put in the hours and effort to earn your keep.

WELL HERE\'S THE THING....

When YOU ARE THE BOSS, you set the rules and create the work environment. You create the schedule, the goals, and the income potential.

But instead of respecting authority, you have to learn how to respect YOURSELF and your own to-do list.

YOU need to get stuff done - whether you have an hour a day, or ten hours a day.

And what if you don\'t get stuff done?

You effectively become your WORST EMPLOYEE.

No sugar coating here... it\'s the truth.

Now the best part is that you can easily go from worst employee to EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR...

HERE\'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

Focus on a short daily checklist of 3-4 itemsthat will BRING IN THE MONEY, thenIMPLEMENT IT! It\'s easy to be swept away by a lack of time and focus, but when you have just 3-4 things that are directly going to bring home the turkey bacon, it\'s a lot easier to get things done without overwhelm.

And it\'s those 3-4 things that will build the BIG momentum, get the cash flowing, and get you to respect your own business.

You CAN succeed. But you have to WANT it.

Do you want it?

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Re: What is your worst / best month? - Best: October, November, April Worst: January, February, July
Re: What is your worst / best month? - Best = January, February and March. Worst = April (tac season) July and August (vacations).
Post subject: It's Not Personal, just business - I so agree! Actually, the business world as we know it IS in trouble. I heard some stats last week that they expect by the time 2050 that 70% of workers will be freelancers. Employee/Executive Bullying won't be able to stand it when it could be easier for someone to simply contract with the nicer guy (or gal). I, for one, will be choosing the nicer ones!
Re: What is your worst / best month? - Best months for my business are historically March/April/May & August/Sept/Oct Worst months: December/January (Holidays) & June/July (Vacations) I see our traffic go way up during the good months and way down during the bad months. Very cyclic. Keep in mind, my clients buy businesses and no one thinks of doing that during the holiday or during vacation.
2 Forums Updates - Many of you have been writing in suggesting that on my website and in my newsletter we include the link to the actual forum post and not just the name of the post and a link to the Forums home page. Well, after looking into it I'm pleased to announce that this feature is now available. Thank you everyone for the suggestions! We've also added names for members based on how much they post. Level one is Newbie, Level 2 is Intern, Level 3 is Employee and so on... There are 10 levels in total. I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone does! Keep the suggestions coming - they are great!


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