How To Keep A Business Alive

I’ve been having trouble keeping our business alive. But throughout my grieving, frustration, wondering, and worrying what’s to happen, I’ve learned a couple things that may help other businesses.

The number one rule I’ve learned is that your business is an extension of yourself and the way your business is run is a reflection of yourself.

Your business, whether you like it or not, is your bread and butter. If you’re a full-fledged entrepreneur like me, than you’ve got to realize there’s nothing else that pays the bills than your business. So it’ll take all your time and energy to make it happen. And pretty soon, if you don’t make your business grow, you will become weak.

And if your business is disorganized, that means you are disorganized…and messy too. If your desk is messy, your car probably is too, and your home, your room, your bathroom, everything. There’s trouble when all your messy life bleeds into your business, but it does and your clients begin to notice it.

If this is you, learn from me. My first step is take control of your mess. You made it, you clean it. In chemistry we called it entropy, or randomness. Naturally, things want to be random, or disorganized (think about it, what’s easier, keeping garbage in your car or keeping it clean?)

Take out the trash, practically and metaphorically. Clean, man (woman). Don’t let your life become a mess. And if it does, go ahead, but only for a day. One day only be a pig, but the next day clean it up. Keep your reflection clean.