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Lessons from nature

There are many lessons that we as business owners can learn from nature.

Probably the most important among these is of course that of “Survival of the Fittest”.  In nature, only the strong and the smart survive, and it is the same in business. 

As in nature, those who have evolved to master their environment and who are adaptable to make the most from it, will be the ones who succeed and win.

Whilst normally in business we might be talking about the “physical” strength of a business, in terms of financial strength, systems, personnel, that may not currently be the case in the current unusual business environment.  Yes, a strong financial base and good business systems may help see us through the current situation, but if we do not have that, where can we find our strength?

I am talking here about strength of mind and the strength of our resolve to get through this and, as I have said in a previous article, not just survive through it but thrive and grow through it.

We may not, right now, be able to change things like the amount of reserves that we hold or the structure of our business but the one thing that we can all change is our mindset.

What we need is the mindset of “I am going to make things happen, for my business, for my future and for my family – I am going to seek out the opportunities and explore each and every one of them and see what I can achieve.”

As I have mentioned before, it is about taking a causative approach and making things happen rather than the “woe is me” approach of “what has happened to me” and being on the effect end of things.

And mental strength helps us take that causative approach.  The stronger our resolve, the stronger our mindset and the smarter we look at things, the more fit we will be to survive.

Just like in nature.

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Toby Acton

Toby Acton is a Sales Masters Guild Personal Business Mentor

 

For more than two decades, Toby has been running his own businesses, with interests in a variety of diverse sectors including IT, market research and property. He has also mentored and trained many hundreds of people on how to build their networking marketing businesses and to develop their personal brand.

 

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