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Your recipe for success

By Jim Connolly | December 22, 2016

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Achieving the success you want in 2017 is a relatively simple process. It’s a matter of doing the right things correctly.

It’s a little like baking a cake

If someone gave you the recipe for a delicious cake and you followed it closely, you would end up with a delicious cake.

No one would claim you were lucky to have baked the cake so well. It would be the natural end result, for someone who has studied the recipe and followed the instructions.

Growing a successful business works in a very similar way. To succeed, you need the correct recipe, though we call that recipe a strategy. And this is exactly why so many business owners screw it up. Instead of following the right strategy, they dabble.

Could this be happening to you?

If your business isn’t growing the way you want it to, here are some useful points to consider. It will help you identify if you need a better strategy.

  • What recipe for business success am I using, to ensure I’m doing the right things, correctly?
  • What experienced, highly credible source gave me the recipe for business success, which I’m currently risking my entire future on?
  • Was my recipe developed for me and my unique needs, experience, resources and goals – or am I dabbling with general info I grabbed from webinars, blogs or books, etc?
  • If things are not working out, how much more time and money am I going to waste, before I invest in the help I need?

Get the exact recipe for success, which you and your business need. Then follow it. Don’t waste another year dabbling, hoping or worrying.

The bottom line: When you’re rowing your boat in the wrong direction, working harder simply moves you further and further off target.

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