small business advice

A colleague recently sent me a short doc summarizing Napoleon Hill’s 17 Universal Principles of Success & Achievement.  I love these quick doses of insight, especially with a new baby!  Sitting down to read a full book is a luxury these days (unless it’s a Dr. Seuss).

Let me share with you Principle #2: The Master Mind Principle.  It is defined as the coordination of effort between two or more people in a spirit of perfect harmony in order to achieve a specific objective.

Inner Circle peer groups are a formal option for business owners and CEOs to apply this principle.  But there are so many other examples of areas where the Master Mind group concept can be applied:

Creating accountability is challenging because it is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day operations of your business. If you are not generating ideas to overcome business issues and then implementing those solutions, long-term success can be hard to achieve. Here are some ways you can start holding yourself more accountable to improve your business success:

Accountability has always haunted business owners. Employees have someone to report to, someone to push them for results and most important, someone to hold them responsible. Business owners typically have no one to answer to but themselves. This makes it difficult to move the business forward. It does not have to be this way. Here are some ideas for increasing your efficiency as a business owner by increasing your accountability: