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Gaining competitive advantage – kick-start your business mindset

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Rising above the Stanley Park treelineAll business owners are interested in gaining competitive advantage, but it is difficult to rise above the pack with a durable competitive advantage.

Do any of the statements below describe you or the way you feel about your business?

  • I feel as though I am in a rut and going nowhere fast
  • I feel frustrated and become competitive with everyone
  • I am focused inward; I rarely get out
  • I wait to see the cards I am dealt and then deal with it
  • I don’t try too hard in my business relationships
  • I make decisions according to how I feel at the time
  • I have a set system and I do what I have always done
  • I have everything I need to know in my head
  • I get by and survive; that is the best I can hope for
  • I blame others for my problems and bad luck

Maybe its time for a change!

As a business owner you have chosen a path where your destiny is firmly in your own hands.  You have the power to decide whether your journey is going to be exciting and rewarding, or just a frustrating dead-end.  It is only through your decisions and actions that your future will evolve.

You are the driver of your business and its most valuable asset – YOU!   Your attitudes and values will always reflect in your business.  You are responsible for the quality of its product and service output.  You shape its culture and reputation.

The rewards will not come to you if you sit back wishing and procrastinating.   You must embark on your unique journey of discovery.  No one can take your journey for you.

One way or another, you must experience it for your self.  Not only is it a journey of external discovery, it is a journey of self discovery as well.  If you try, you will discover that you can do things that you never thought possible.

Open your eyes and open your mind to the challenge ahead.   Re-ignite your passion and enthusiasm.  The benefits make the journey worthwhile.  Your family will welcome you home as a much happier person.  Your employees will thank you for it because you will make their dreary work lives more exciting.  Most importantly you will feel fulfilled and self satisfied.

Contact me at http://www.garyweigh.com to kick-start or re-ignite your business journey and gain competitive advantage.

If you want to see part of my competitive advantage as a business trainer visit my aikido secrets blog at http://www.aikido-secrets-to-calm-success.com

If you are starting your own business or want to boost your existing business read my latest book Recession Riches and Wealth at:

http://www.garyweigh.com/recession-riches-and-wealth

Until next time!

Gary

What is entrepreneurship?

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When people think ‘entrepreneur’, many think inventing or dreaming up a new idea.  That’s not entrepreneurship, that’s creativity!  Sure, someone has to come up with the good ideas, but there have been countless good ideas in the world that have gone nowhere.

Entrepreneurship is about getting new business rolling and that means action and implementation.  Unless a new business starts up and becomes profitable, there is no increase in competitive advantage, there are no new jobs, no additional tax revenue available, and no contribution to GDP or the standard of living.

Getting products and services to market is the only thing that matters in the end.  And this can only be achieved by people collaborating and cooperating commercially with each other.  So connections are vital.  Finding people who access the right business channels is an entrepreneurial art in itself.

Commercial innovation is another entrepreneurial art.  This means working with existing technology and know-how and creating new applications.  As Andrew Hargadon, Senior Fellow at the Kansas City based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation says, “Most innovative leaps come from the collective creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of many businesses actively learning-by-doing and learning-by-using”.

Arguably the real entrepreneurs are the well connected private investors of the world.  These people are experienced business promoters who have access to both money and quality business connections.  Although they fund less than 5% of proposals put to them, they can identify ‘diamonds in the mud’ and get innovation to market.

Until next time!

Gary