No doubt like every other business owner in existence, you’ve got some form of problem.

Your staff are getting on your nerves.

You don’t have enough customers.

Your suppliers are dropping the ball on everything.

Your clients are breathing down your neck waiting for jobs to be done.

You don’t have enough time.

Blah, blah, blah. I could go on and on.

We’ve all got problems don’t we. And if you’re anything like me, they can all be broken down into 3 categories…

1. People
2. Money
3. And time

So how do you handle them?

Well, I’ll let the great master of motivation, Brian Tracy, answer that
one for you…

“Spend 80% of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of today”

So what do I mean by this.

Well, obviously you’ve got to deal with your problems.

You’ve got to find more customers.

You’ve got to hire and fire staff.

You’ve got to deliver on your promises to your client.

But if you spend 80% of your time focusing on your problems (like most
people do) you end up just creating more of them.

Think of it this way: if you’re a formula 1 racing car driver and you go around a corner and focus on the walls, where do you think you are going to end up?

That’s right – you’ll end up hitting the problem you would most like to avoid, and killing or severely injuring yourself while you are at it. Well, the odds are good that if all you focus on are your problems, that’s where you’ll end up.

For instance, I can remember my last 18 months at school. I had loved to a new school and experienced nothing but problem after problem after problem.

I went from having some great friends & relationships in a previous school to being the victim of bullying & having very few friends.

If I had focused 80% of my attention on my problems, my future would have not looked bright and things would have gone downhill very quickly.

But I didn’t. I focused on the opportunities of the future instead.

So this week make a decision instead to focus on the opportunities in front of you.

How can you create the systems to make your business more efficient?

How can you find the right staff?

How can you create more time in your life?

And how can you get more customers? (hint: perhaps you should check out http://www.morecustomersmadeeasy.com )

Remember, where you focus your attention is where you will generate your results.