Krista Hawkins
I just read this great article on entrepreneur.com for business owners and it’s about avoiding the awful bug of complacency. Go ahead and raise your hand if you have ever struggled in this area as a business owner. It’s okay, many of us have!
The great news is that we get to be in charge of avoiding complacency in our business and there are some easy ways to do this. The hardest part is actually committing to do these easy things. I say so often that the long way is really the short cut for achieving what we really want in life and in business.
Here’s what I pulled out of this article and why I believe these things are worth the commitment to avoid complacency:
Get outside your comfort zone.
Keep customers happy.
Drive employee engagement.
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Wishing you a life free from complacency,
Krista
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