When You Get Comfortable, It's Time To Stretch & Grow Again

Have you ever experience times when everything seems overwhelming and then, it just seem to settle comfortably because you've gotten use to the routine and the learning curve has reached a plateau?

Whenever I feel this way, I take it as an indication that it is time to push myself out of my comfort zone.

It doesn't have to be big major changes. It can be as simple as finding a new way to organize my time and work more effectively so that I can achieve more. And it can even be a small thing like controlling my "evil and toxic" thoughts so as to train my mind to think positively and have more faith in strangers.

I believe that it'll all add up if we challenge ourselves everyday. Step by step, inch by inch, one day, I'll be in a new and bigger pond even before I know it.

The challenge is to challenge myself daily.  Be it emotionally, mentally or physically, I want to grow each day and be my best!

Is Your Business Radar Switched On?

As an entrepreneur, do you feel like there are days whereby your business is growing too slowly for your liking?

I like to remind myself that I am doing the groundwork now, building my base for something that will grow bigger.

If I don't do, my business radar will not be switched on and I won't be able to locate opportunities and vice versa.

The more I do, the more groundwork I am setting for opportunities to arrive and I hope it'll be explosive when it does!

More Company Debts

Company debts are a norm in businesses and as small business owners, we all know a healthy cash flow is vital to a business.

Although the stressful period of retrieving my bad debt is over, I still have many customers that cannot pay up in full or delay the payment by 1 month or so.

One in particular was unable to pay us the large amount that accumulated over 2009 Christmas sales.

After understanding their situation and the business owner's sincerity, we worked out a payment deal in which we would collect a fixed amount of money weekly so that our cash flow can improve and it will not be so taxing for our customers to pay us a one big lump sum of money.

5 months have since gone by and I'm happy to say that 70% of the debt is cleared.

We have been supplying goods to this customer the whole time throughout and they try their best to pay us, albeit having 1 or 2 weeks delay sometimes.

This arrangement has helped both of us to continue working together without much unpleasantness and more importantly, to serve our customers and grow together.

I guess different situations call for different debt collecting tactics. ;)