Eight Ways To Fight Entrepreneurial Fires And Constantly Improve In The Process

by Edward D. Hess, author of “Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Entrepreneurial Businesses “ Any entrepreneur knows that when it comes to running a business your work is never done. From the moment you wake up in the morning until you go to sleep at night, you’re worrying, planning for the future, and more often than not, putting out fires. In fact, like a fireman, you feel like you’re always on call. Always prepared to rush in and extinguish a customer’s complaint, a lost order, a disagreement between employees, or whatever the day’s blaze seems to be. The best way to keep these flames from permanently harming your business is to “leave a fire extinguisher behind” after putting out each fire. Do so and you’ll turn each one of them into an opportunity to improve. I learned this lesson from Dave Lindsey, a successful entrepreneur and founder of Defender Direct in Indianap...

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