Businesses - Leisurely Dining Or Fast Food
It occurred to me the other day, that so many people today liken
their businesses to the way they eat - fast. Think about it. All
over the web we are inundated with... make $1000's of dollars a
day, make $10,000 a month, make a million by the end of the
year. Everyone is looking for the magic formula or the magic
bullet to get rich quick...fast. They want their business to
succeed in the time it takes to get their hamburger or chicken
sandwich. No wait, no delay of gratification. I want it now, and
I want it without having to work at it. I want to sit back and
rake in the dollars, my way.
Those of us who have been on the web for the past six years,
realize that just like the businesses we ran off the web, a web
business takes time to grow. It is not fast food, but instead
like an five course dinner. We start with the drink, the
business idea, then go to the appetizer, the business name,
mission statement and business plan, then the first course,
formalized plan, the second course, the strategies to market our
business, the main course, the everyday running of the business,
and then comes the dessert, the moneys, we so richly deserve.
We know that it takes time to digest, and we have to go through
several courses to get to the dessert. The dessert does not come
first. One course builds upon the other, till you get to the
end, however, this also allows us to savor our success. Going
through the courses also allows us to take a good long look at
things, so if we need to add a piece or entr