POSTED BY MARIA SEMPLE This weekend, I had a chance to watch a beautiful egret fishing for its next meal. It was amazing to watch how focused the bird was on the task at hand. It got me to thinking……What can an egret teach business owners? What are the principles this egret learned from its mother and other egrets that make it the efficient fisherman that it is today? Patience . It’s important to take some time to plan and move slowly. Despite what you might think, nobody is truly “an overnight success”. There’s been a lot of groundwork laid that might not be apparent to you. Plan your work and work your plan. Practice . Learn from your “misses” and mistakes. You may not succeed at each and every new idea, but you should understand what mistakes were made, learn from them and then move on. Don’t dwell on it and don’t let it paralyze you from trying a new idea. Recognize Opportunities . We’re all so busy tending to our day-to-day business tasks, that we seldom take the...
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