Tomorrow is Another Day

I’ve talked to a lot of people recently who have reached the end of the line with their business. Some have been in business 30 years and these economic times have beat them down. I talked to one fellow yesterday who is just hanging on long enough for his lease to expire and he will shut the doors. Meanwhile he is working 60 hours a week at another job to stay afloat.

People think because they have been doing something for 30 or 40 years they know everything there is to know about how to run their business. Times have changed; retail is different now than it was 40 years ago. If you haven’t been riding the retail wave all these years and changing with the flow, you don’t know nearly as much as you think you do. Sometimes all you need is someone who is not personally attached to your business to take a look and evaluate it for you, so you can see what you need to do to be more profitable or make the changes necessary to save that business and keep it from going under.

Here is something to think about:

“It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” ~Roy Disney