I have a friend who always seems to fail at every business opportunity he lays his hands. Do you know why? He thinks BIG! I mean really BIG!
He never looks at any opportunity unless he can make huge sums of cash. What always ends up happening is that he never has the cash flow to manage the opportunity that he wants so much to come true.
My main concern is that there are too many books in the market place that seduce people with large business ideas and impossible goals. Often it is better to think small and with incremental baby steps reach higher then was thought possible.
When people start thinking BIG, then even a positive outcome in business might not meet their initial goal leading to possible despair.
When you have small plans and perform better than expected this gives a boost to mind and body. If you have high goals and fail to reach them – even though you are successful in other peoples eyes – in your own mind you have failed.
Many of the business books out there tell you that you MUST think BIG. I disagree strongly. I like the philosophy of “think small and make it BIG”.
I believe in Baby Steps. It is...