Don’t Procrastinate

Is your business plan in place as you begin this New Year? If not, it is not too late to begin. Every successful business has a plan and updates it annually. However, it is not the planning that will guarantee your success. Success is dependent on the execution of the plan and doing it right.

Successful business leaders do the right things in the right way, the first time and all the time. They are able to do accomplish success because they follow the dictum, “Implementation of Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance.” Just because something worked before does not mean it will work for you in 2008. In fact, much of technology, information and knowledge that we possess today, did not exist only a few short years ago.  We need to respond to the changes around us and plan accordingly.

In today’s world you must plan and execute. There is an old saying  “He who hesitates is lost.”  Successful business people know that they must do the right things correctly the first time. Mistakes mean rework and haste makes waste. Rework means more time and additional costs, both of which result in lower profits and the possible loss of customers. Speed is important in succeeding but taking the time to do things right the first time will be appreciated by your customers and clients.

Successful business people are the ones who have formed the habit of “Doing it now!” They frequently do the things that unsuccessful people do not like to do! When faced with difficult challenges or unpleasant tasks, they do them immediately.

You will achieve more success by getting the difficult things done first and then go on to the things they enjoy and that they do with ease. Procrastination does more than any other habit to rob us of satisfaction, success, happiness and most of all Time. More than 2 centuries ago, Edward Young wrote, “Procrastination is the thief of time.” A well –organized life and business leave time for planning, leading and follow through. To the procrastinator, time is like a task master with a whip. To the organized, action oriented person that same amount of time is like a savings account that keeps growing. Are you going to be a procrastinator in 2009 or the action oriented person? The decision is all yours.