Sarah Paine

These days everyone has some advice on how to run your business.  I have learned the hard way that the only advice you can count on is from someone who has actually done it themselves.  As you may or may not know, I am an MBA student st Southern New Hampshire University.  In my time there I have been given some golden nuggets of information including how to go green, run an ethical business, and how to grow as a person.  Now as valuable as each of these nuggets are, none of them are as valuable as the one I was handed last night.  Lucky for you I like sharing.

So last night while sitting in my quantitative studies course,  my college professor let us in on some inside information he received from a 91 year old successful man.    The tip was  just three words … consistency, honesty & benevolence.  These three words will steer any business or person onto a successful path.  Sounds a little too easy doesn’t it?  In times like these, remaining consistent, honest and benevolent is not as easy as it once was, however, it is a noble principle to guide yourself by.

If you ran your internet business consistently, you would be writing regularly, creating new products, providing consistent customer service and growing toward success.  What do you think?  Do you have what it takes?  Why not challenge yourself?  It is pretty easy to follow off the path, but it seems often times it is those who continually choose to hop back on the meet success.  Think about it some more before we move on to the next blue chip here.

Ah on to honesty, the golden rule.  Is your business honest?  Are you honest?  We all make a slip here and there but having your morals in check and providing honest business and personal transactions can save you a life time of heartache and failure.  The honest businessman may take a little while to build up their customer pool however, the pool will remain and continue to grow as long as there is a demand for the product or service.  I am not sure about you but once I find an honest car mechanic, I become a repeat customer and recommend it to friends.  Honest service is hard to come by these days!

The last concept is benevolence.  Have you ever heard the term business is cut throat?  Chances are likely that you have but have you ever stopped to wonder why business is cut throat or whether or not it even needs to be.  I know I grew up with the win lose concept and I know many others did as well.  It is difficult to change your mind set on this but a worthwhile effort.  Often times strategic alliances can bring about much better results than cut throat competition that drives profits down.  Why can’t there be win win situations in business?  The trick is there can be if we are willing to open our eyes a little wider than normal.  Think about each of these concepts as you travel through your life and work.  I would be willing to bet this blog that using each of them will put you in a better place than you are today… if you are not already using them.

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