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2 Things to remember about short cuts to success

By Jim Connolly | April 20, 2015

shortcuts to success, short cuts, success

The Internet is packed with people offering tricks, to make your business super successful, super fast.

It’s easy to see why. There are thousands of small business owners, worried that their business isn’t growing fast enough. To them, the promise of a shortcut or growth hack can be irresistible.

When things seem too good to be true…

These short cuts to success have 2 things in common.

  1. They are not short cuts.
  2. They don’t lead to success.

The fastest route to business success

Rather than looking for short cuts to success, the smart business owner looks for proven paths to success. Instead of searching for the fast way to do something, they look for the correct way to do something.

Business success is the result of putting the correct strategies in place and working smart. That may not sound like a short cut, but it’s the fastest route. Always.

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