#167: Details of a recession

Unexpected things tend to happen during a recession. Dealing with the unexpected is said to be the most difficult aspect of business life.

My experience has taught me the opposite. The most difficult thing to manage is the expected.

Let’s face it. Business is boring. It’s the same nonsense over and over, day after day.

It’s like driving the same car, on the same road, to the same destination at the same time every day. You must do it. And if you take your eye off what you’re doing, bad things can happen.

The most successful managers I have worked with were those who had the discipline to focus on the same detail, over and over, day after day.

And that’s what you need to remember. Keep your focus on the same details that made you successful in the good times. A recession does not change your business, only the conditions.


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Copyright: 2008 James Henry McIntosh

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