Business life is full of them – just like our personal lives. Dealing with them is not any easier.
“A good beginning makes a good ending.” We all have first hand experience and understand that if you muck it up in the beginning, the middle and the end will never go well. So why do we run right past that proverb’s wisdom even when we know better?
“What the fool does in the end, the wise man does in the beginning.” Too true, but many business launches and new ventures ignore that adage particularly when it involves digging in and developing a fundamental and pragmatic knowledge of the market. So why in the “need for speed” or covered by the “cloak of secrecy” do we ignore that wisdom?
“Beginning is easy – Continuing is hard.” No kidding, but why do we often go off on a business track unprepared for the inevitable adversity and challenges?
“The beginning is the half of every action.” If only this were true. I’d take half any day.
“A good ending makes for a good beginning”. Yep. Too often we hang on too long to a business idea gone badly. Why is it so hard to let go, to move on?
Looking forward to the New Year, maybe the best business strategy would be to embrace the wisdom passed down to us by our grandmothers and apply it to our businesses.
