April 2012: Re-released to give everyone a much needed lift! 
QUOTE ACTIONS™
Quiet time required to write a straight-forward business plan. Review it often
U need to include your networking strategy in your business plan
Only networking with potential customers? Network with experts in your industry too
Time to use an accountant with business acumen (Leave bean counters. Now!)
Eagerly identify your value-add and use it intelligently
Attend to your development by appointing a reputable business coach / mentor
Catch great testimonials and become ‘referrable!’
Tease out good advice. Don’t bottle up problems
Intuitively be positive and discard negativity – fast!
Only be a giver and definitely not a taker
Never ignore referrals – no matter how small they may be
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“Most look up and admire the stars. A champion climbs a mountain and grabs one.” Unknown Author
Your action for today is to evaluate whether you are acting more like an admirer than a champion.
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Excellent recommendations John! I look forward to your next blog posts!
Another excellent blog post John and very true.
The accountant point is very important and many business owners I coach dont address this.
If your Accountant’s attitude is just to provde figures once a year, you need to change fast. A bad accountant can SERIOUSLY damage your wealth! A great one will do the exact opposite.
Great idea, thanks for this post!
This brings me to an idea:…
Thank you for your help!
Great tips John … ofcourse they would be. I would just like to add that individuals could look at reputable business or personal coaching. Typically the patterns that limit their business success are their personal habits – of thinking, communicating, responding/taking action, and feeling. These limitations are much more likely to limit even with the most effective business strategy in the world. Many of the most successful people in the world – have a personal coach through out their lives. Jim Rohn – stated that you have to work more on yourself than on your business to be successful.
Very useful and thank you. Clara
Great post, good tips, fanatstic photo.
Totally agree Clara.
If we’re prepared to visit the gym to improve our fitness; check our cars in for a service; go to the GP / dentist / opticians to check our health, what about taking a ‘health check’ on one’s business.
More people need to move away from the stale mindset that any form of business improvement is a cost rather than an investment.
I’ve just returned from 2 day Masterclass in London over the weekend. It wasn’t at all ‘cheap’, however every single one of the 30+ attendees are up for improving and developing their respective businesses. We all have a new plan of action and everyone signed up to making it happen!
Some really great posts on this internet site, thank you for contribution. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” by Cicero.