The Online Business Person, Forecasting
There will be those who will forever claim to know what the future holds.
They will make projections and forecast of what will happen to your online business next week, next month and next year. There are businesses that pay millions of dollars a year to dozens of people who do nothing but forecast the future. I am not saying that this is a total waste of time, but I do believe that too much time can be spend on worrying about the future.
There is the old saying that the future will take care of itself. I do not believe that either. If you do not plan for tomorrow it will overtake you. The advice that I am trying to offer to you today is that forecast are just a fancy way of saying this is my prediction. The word prediction conjures up images of an old gypsy sitting in front of a crystal ball. “I predict that you will meet a tall dark stranger who will tell you not to believe in predictions.”
When I hear about forecast I think of weather men and women who tell us that it might rain tomorrow. It will be partly cloudy or partly sunny. There is a chance of rain. There will be one to twelve inches of snow this weekend.
In other words we do not know.
Is it any different in the world of business?
Your online business and how it will grow and change over the next weeks, months and years is all within your own power. If you want a prediction that will come true I can give you one.
If you work harder than the competition. If you improve in the areas where you are weak. If you play to the areas where you are strong. If you identify who your customers are and develop a relationship with each of them. If you do all of these things then I promise you that your business will grow and your profits will grow.
The best forecaster that you will ever meet is the person looking back at you from the mirror. You will know each day if you have trusted yourself, if you have worked hard, if you have done all of the little things to make your online business a success. You do not need complicated formulas and charts to tell you if you are doing what it takes to get ahead or not.
Okay that is it for today. Remember to stumble us on stumbleupon, to tell a friend about this site and to check out our advertisers. Now if you are ready I would suggest that you get back to work.
There will be those who will forever claim to know what the future holds.
They will make projections and forecast of what will happen to your online business next week, next month and next year. There are businesses that pay millions of dollars a year to dozens of people who do nothing but forecast the future. I am not saying that this is a total waste of time, but I do believe that too much time can be spend on worrying about the future.
There is the old saying that the future will take care of itself. I do not believe that either. If you do not plan for tomorrow it will overtake you. The advice that I am trying to offer to you today is that forecast are just a fancy way of saying this is my prediction. The word prediction conjures up images of an old gypsy sitting in front of a crystal ball. “I predict that you will meet a tall dark stranger who will tell you not to believe in predictions.”
When I hear about forecast I think of weather men and women who tell us that it might rain tomorrow. It will be partly cloudy or partly sunny. There is a chance of rain. There will be one to twelve inches of snow this weekend.
In other words we do not know.
Is it any different in the world of business?
Your online business and how it will grow and change over the next weeks, months and years is all within your own power. If you want a prediction that will come true I can give you one.
If you work harder than the competition. If you improve in the areas where you are weak. If you play to the areas where you are strong. If you identify who your customers are and develop a relationship with each of them. If you do all of these things then I promise you that your business will grow and your profits will grow.
The best forecaster that you will ever meet is the person looking back at you from the mirror. You will know each day if you have trusted yourself, if you have worked hard, if you have done all of the little things to make your online business a success. You do not need complicated formulas and charts to tell you if you are doing what it takes to get ahead or not.
Okay that is it for today. Remember to stumble us on stumbleupon, to tell a friend about this site and to check out our advertisers. Now if you are ready I would suggest that you get back to work.
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