The Art Science and Grace of Thriving
The Art Science and Grace of Thriving
business must not only accommodate but support life in all its
complexity. A thriving business requires and provides resilience and
continuity.
How do you go about building a thriving career or business? Here are
some of the things I've learned and that I credit with supporting my
own thriving business.
1. Recognize that life happens. There will be ups and downs in your
personal life and ups and downs in business. When you can accept
these ebbs and flows of attention, energy, and focus, you will
better be able to adjust to changing conditions both in your heart
and in your environment.
2. Cultivate systems, practices, and networks that provide
continuity. For example, this newsletter and my Web site are ongoing
and reliable means of staying in touch with a meaningful network in
good times and in bad.
3. Pay attention to transitions. When change is happening, it can be
easy to get caught up in reactionary thoughts and feelings that can
muddy your thinking and make complex situations chaotic. Learning to
detach and observe your reactions, thoughts, and fears will help you
keep a steadier course without being rigid.
4. Learn to notice when things are expanding and when they are
contracting, and choose your strategies accordingly.
5. Learn to regard mistakes as stepping stones to mastery. Avoid
wasting time in needless guilt and defensiveness. Seize the
opportunity to correct your error and move on.
6. Listen to your clients and customers. Identify those who get the
most benefit from working with you with the least effort on your
part. This is not laziness. This is learning to operate from the
sweet spot – that place in which you add the most value by working
from your strengths.
7. Rigorously address personal issues that inhibit success. This
could mean seeing a therapist, paying off old debts, or starting an
exercise program.
8. Learn to listen. Listen for guidance from Spirit, from your
heart, from your environment, from colleagues, from clients.
9. Raise your standards regularly both for your own performance and
for the caliber of client or customer that you attract.
10. Periodically update and refocus your business plan, including
income, expense, and investment plans. Keep it simple. Distill your
plans into a sentence or two that summarizes your goals and
strategies so that you always know where you are going.
The Art Science and Grace of Thriving - To learn more about this author, visit Molly Gordon's Website.
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Thriving is part art, part science, and part grace. A thriving
business must not only accommodate but support life in all its
complexity. A thriving business requires and provides resilience and
continuity.
How do you go about building a thriving career or business? Here are
some of the things I've learned and that I credit with supporting my
own thriving business.
1. Recognize that life happens. There will be ups and downs in your
personal life and ups and downs in business. When you can accept
these ebbs and flows of attention, energy, and focus, you will
better be able to adjust to changing conditions both in your heart
and in your environment.
2. Cultivate systems, practices, and networks that provide
continuity. For example, this newsletter and my Web site are ongoing
and reliable means of staying in touch with a meaningful network in
good times and in bad.
3. Pay attention to transitions. When change is happening, it can be
easy to get caught up in reactionary thoughts and feelings that can
muddy your thinking and make complex situations chaotic. Learning to
detach and observe your reactions, thoughts, and fears will help you
keep a steadier course without being rigid.
4. Learn to notice when things are expanding and when they are
contracting, and choose your strategies accordingly.
5. Learn to regard mistakes as stepping stones to mastery. Avoid
wasting time in needless guilt and defensiveness. Seize the
opportunity to correct your error and move on.
6. Listen to your clients and customers. Identify those who get the
most benefit from working with you with the least effort on your
part. This is not laziness. This is learning to operate from the
sweet spot – that place in which you add the most value by working
from your strengths.
7. Rigorously address personal issues that inhibit success. This
could mean seeing a therapist, paying off old debts, or starting an
exercise program.
8. Learn to listen. Listen for guidance from Spirit, from your
heart, from your environment, from colleagues, from clients.
9. Raise your standards regularly both for your own performance and
for the caliber of client or customer that you attract.
10. Periodically update and refocus your business plan, including
income, expense, and investment plans. Keep it simple. Distill your
plans into a sentence or two that summarizes your goals and
strategies so that you always know where you are going.
The Art Science and Grace of Thriving - To learn more about this author, visit Molly Gordon's Website.
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