Anything Goes!
‘Write a blog entry’, the man said.
‘What about?’ I asked.
‘Anything’, he said.
So here goes.
When it comes to business though, ‘anything goes’ is not a good idea.
You start your own business because you’re fed up with seeing someone else benefit from your labours, or after redundancy there are few other options. You’re good at something, building, beauty therapy, dog training, cooking for example; or you’re a professional; accountant, lawyer, or a medico and you decide to give it a go. You are not necessarily good at, or professionally qualified in running a business.
Very few are like me when I set out on my own. My business IS business administration.
Whatever the reason you start, being your own boss does not mean that anything goes.
You learn pretty quickly that the Taxman has other ideas, so do the bankers. Suppliers, customers, staff, accountants, they all have their demands and you find yourself, at best, juggling too many balls for comfort. The happy dream of being your own boss and doing things your way becomes a distant memory.
It’s not too late to fix things, to call in help from someone who knows about the business of doing business. If your car goes wrong you think it wise to get an experienced mechanic in; if your business is not functioning at its best then call in an expert. It makes sense.
Even better, get it right from day one. The SOFA programme from www.shoeboxadmin.com gives you the HOW to get the business side of your business set up efficiently when everyone else has told you WHAT you must do. Like the best of machinery, what goes on beneath the hood should make the primary function smoother, more efficient, not interfere with it. Your back office procedures should be geared to helping, not hindering your progress to success.
When it comes to running a business, get the business side of it right, call in an expert and leave ‘anything goes’ for the beach!
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