Planning Makes The Difference

Britten BY jACK ARNOLD

 

  No  two business plans are alike. They are as distinctive as you are. Just as having a twin brother, you both may look alike, to a degree think alike, but you are not alike. Just ask your mother!
The needs for your business will have different patterns than that of someone else. Even if you both decide to open the same type. You will have a differing attitude for one aspect of the business where as I would have another take on it.

  For  instance, let’s open a bakery. You may want the donuts to be main-theme for your shoppe, I on the other hand may want bread. Two more blocks away, the third bakery may want cheesecake to be the main theme. We are all selling the same exact thing, but we all have a different main theme.

  This  same thought goes into the business plan as well. If anyone tells you they’re all the same (generic), run from them! They’ll take your money and time and give you little in return. Basics are basics, the bank wants the main, basic ingredients of your plan, but then there are the nitty-gritty aspects that change your plan from all others. Your personality, your wants, and needs you expect from the business. After all, it’s an extension of yourself. Your life, money, and sweat is going to go into this venture.

  You  have to count the cost before you do anything. The what cans and cant’s of what you are able to do to sustain in a hard-time crunch, not just the dream of what you wish to accomplish in so many years.

  There  are Solution Providers, to help you see your dreams become reality. Don’t start something that can’t be finished. Yes, somethings are worth fighting for, working hard to attain. SP’s help you find that fine line of hard questions. Do not go it alone. Too any have crashed and burned because of no or little counsel.

  If you have any questions about start-ups or growing your business visit our web-site:
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The Deleted Scenes of Holy Communion

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We take communion regularly in church. What about the deleted scenes from that story? The story of The Last Supper is often times abbreviated to only focus on when Jesus took the bread, broke it, and said, “This is My body,” and the wine saying, “This is My blood. . .” Sure, taking the cracker and grape juice at church helps us to remember what Christ did for us; but often times the church overlooks the deleted scenes. The only part that wasn’t deleted in this story was the plot-twisting climax at the end.

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A Matter of Percspective.

             Co-written by Jack Arnold, CC & Pres. of Arnold Group, LLC & Bill Gibbs, Printing Specialist
   
   Perceive: V : to observe/ understand. Perception: N: judgement, understanding, discernment, and/or insight. These are Webster’s definition, notice the first (observe); this word is to keep an eye on, to watch intently with keen understanding. To gain insight is to view things from differing points, whether they be from self evaluations, or from a group dialog. This is the reason for staff meetings; to bring out the best antidote for the situation(s) that arise. This moon

looks like it is touching the earth, but the reality is it’s 252,088 miles away.

   Say   we were to meet at the beach for lunch,and I would bring lunch and you would bring the drinks. We agree that 1:00 is a good time. So here we are at the beach, you pull out a couple cold soft drinks and I pull out a can of sardines and a jar of Vienna sausages.

    Nothing  was said of the meal we just had until we finished I asked, “What did you think of lunch?” Thoughts are now going through your mind ‘jarred sausage and canned sardines, yummy, good thing I brought the drinks!’,  but you don’t out of politeness (assuming), you might say something like this. “Well that was different, not quite expected.” So I ask prying a little bit deeper into what had happened with our meal. You probably would answer something like this. “Well we had sardines and sausages with a good soda on the beach in the sand.” You would be absolutely right.

    On  the other hand I return with a different point of view on the same thing, I say, ” We just had surf and turf at the beach front with an ocean view.” This would also be correct. Your perception of how you view life is important. “The glass is half full vs. half empty, it’s a little dark in the room vs. there’s a little light.”

   It’s  not always what we see, but how we see it. The point of view taken can change how everything in your life, thru your eyes is dictated in your mind, and ultimately thru your action/reaction. Someone may say something to you, and you take offense, hours later, you’re still stewing over the comment, but the reality is they may have not meant it at all the way you perceived it. That’s not always the case, there are times they actually did mean it…unfortunately.

   Let’s  stay with the positive side. Let’s say your boss asks you to do a particular job that isn’t in ‘your domain’. You think he’s trying to pull one over on you, maybe he trusts you, or he just might be honing you for better things to come. Either way, you will be a better person for it. When taken to the crossroads, always look both ways. Try to find every angle you can to perceive thru others lenses, not just one.

To learn more from this study of perception or to find out more about the  Arnold Group  and how we can help you grow your business, click on the link or email us at:  info@agrpllc.com