What’s Your Excuse?
Too many times I hear women entrepreneurs give out excuses as to why their business is not doing well. Case in point - I was chatting with one on Friday and asked her how business is going. She is still in her first year. Her reply was - ”Not well. I did a big project 2 months ago and they haven’t paid their invoice yet. This really has discouraged me.” And then she went on to say how she hasn’t been motivated to look for any new business. Excuse me??
Building a successful busines is really tough. Ask any profitable business owner and they will likely tell you they worked harder than they ever had before in their life to get that success. Making excuses like the woman above only slows you down and gets in your own way. Things don’t always go smoothly, clients don’t pay on time, you don’t land the contracts you want. So what? You can choose to wallow in disappointment or you can get right back at it and go after the next prospect on your list.
So, if you find yourself on this sunny Monday, making excuses for things you are not happy with in your business - STOP! Take some action to fix things.
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Timely post my friend. Some tips on what you can do in advance of closing a deal to mitigate the risk of not being paid and in follow up to the invoice to chase up tardy clients would be great.