Building a bridge to the life you want
The average worker spends about 100,000 hours of his/her life working. In Rich Horwath’s experience most people work at jobs they don’t like. Making a plan though can help one have the “greatest days of their lives” according to Horwath, a business strategist.
In his book Strategy for You: Building a bridge to the life you want (to be published in January 2012) Horwath outlines a five-step plan for building a bridge to the life you want. Entrepreneurial spoke with Horwath about how one can create a successful life for themselves.
What does the bridge symbolize in your book?
The bridge symbolizes how you get from where you are today to the goals and objectives that one sets for themselves. In the real world a bridge spans obstacles or barriers. Strategy helps you span or overcome the obstacles you might face.
Step one: Discover
Uncover your process through insight. How is our career? How are our finances, relationships? How is our health? It demands understanding where we are today, where we want to go and then building a bridge to get there.
Step two: Differentiation
3 ways to help your startup succeed
– Stephanie Rabiner is a contributor to FindLaw’s Free Enterprise blog. FindLaw is a Thomson Reuters publication. This article originally appeared here. –
The number of startups has been steadily increasing, with 2010 boasting a 15-year high with 565,000 new startups each month.
Experts pin the growth on unemployment and dissatisfaction, but, according to CNN Money, experts also caution that starting a business out of desperation is not the right path to startup success.
Even if a lack of contentment is behind your startup, that doesn’t mean you can’t be successful in your venture. Here are a few tips to make this happen.
1. Be clear about your goals. Startup success stories are often borne out of clearly articulated goals. Not only does an affirmative goal help you pitch your idea to investors, it will help you make tough decisions that stay true to your intentions and keep you on the right path.
2. Build customer relationships. Horrible customer service can ruin an amazing product. Startup success requires that you understand your customers’ needs and that you be available should anything go wrong. A customer who feels taken care of is more likely to recommend your product, pushing you on the path towards startup success.
3. Get help. You may be fine without employees, but just like the rest of us, you don’t know everything there is to know about running a business. In fact, most startup success stories involve people who only knew their product and nothing else.
