Build your ship before the flood because in business it is easy to spend all day patching up the dam to keep the flood from coming. Even when you have secured all the breaches like paying your taxes, getting all of your insurances and calling all of your customers. One day the flood is coming. The flood of new profitable business can overwhelm you and your business if you do not have the ship already built.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
Look into your future
If you honestly assess the business you are cultivating then you can see forward and plan for your success. Talk to the people and businesses that you will need to help you complete your tasks early in the process.
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
Build upon your existing structure
You have worked hard to establish a foundation of business, do not forsake it. You are there for a purpose now but some meat on the bones of your business. Look around and put the pieces of your business in proper order.
The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.
Keep Hope Alive
This is definitely borrowed from another leader, Reverend Jesse Jackson, however it still rings true. Once you build your ship know that the flood is coming. The flood of new business will rise those who are prepared to the top.
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
This time yours will be the business that survives. Put your ship together and chart your course. You will only be surprised at how high you rise.
How are you preparing for the flood?