Comments on: Your weekly appointment with your business https://smallbizsurvival.com/2015/02/your-weekly-appointment-with-your-business.html The small town and rural business resource Thu, 23 May 2019 12:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2015/02/your-weekly-appointment-with-your-business.html#comment-242882 Thu, 23 May 2019 12:37:30 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=8995#comment-242882 My friend Marc Pitman shared how he has maintained his weekly appointment for four years now:
“Every Thursday, I have an ‘appointment with my business.’ I got this term from my friend Becky McCray. During that time yesterday, I called my merchant account. The company that processes credit cards for my business. It turns out, that despite having good settings on my shopping cart, they’d never been configured on my merchant account!
Fortunately, nothing bad has happened yet. But if Oprah ever chooses to interview me and tens of thousands of people purchase from me, I’ll now be protected from some rookie mistakes. Mistakes I thought I’d already fixed. The help person took the time to show me my options and explain them. It was almost like a seminar.
It took a while. More than an hour and half. At points during that time I was wishing I was doing something else. But because of Matthew, I had time set aside to learn. And because of Becky, I had a habit of looking at different aspects of my business.
Now I have better understanding of a pretty important part of my cash flow processing. And I may even benefit from lower fees.”

That’s an impressive commitment, Marc! Keep it going!

]]> By: monthly planning set-up | stargardener.com https://smallbizsurvival.com/2015/02/your-weekly-appointment-with-your-business.html#comment-239813 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:13:47 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=8995#comment-239813 […] March 17 will be my weekly appointment with my business; read more via Becky McCray [here]. […]

]]> By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2015/02/your-weekly-appointment-with-your-business.html#comment-239807 Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:29:46 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=8995#comment-239807 In reply to Sean McCarthy.

Great point, Sean! Smart business coaches are exactly the kind of person that would make sense to connect to as part of your appointment with yourself. Then, after spending time with your coach, spend time DOING what you learned.

]]> By: Sean McCarthy https://smallbizsurvival.com/2015/02/your-weekly-appointment-with-your-business.html#comment-239805 Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:35:36 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=8995#comment-239805 Thanks for this great reminder Becky. I find the biggest advantage to business coaching, is exactly what you talked about–spending time on your business, not just in your business. An hour of planning can save plenty of man hours later.

]]> By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2015/02/your-weekly-appointment-with-your-business.html#comment-239804 Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:56:03 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=8995#comment-239804 In reply to Stephanie Ward.

Thanks, Stephanie. Those day-to-day details are important to our current performance, but they will always be about keeping up. We have to work hard at carving out time to improve.

]]> By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2015/02/your-weekly-appointment-with-your-business.html#comment-239803 Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:49:41 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=8995#comment-239803 In reply to Brian Mininger.

Thanks, Brian. I think most of the important things that make a difference are simple but difficult!

]]> By: Stephanie Ward https://smallbizsurvival.com/2015/02/your-weekly-appointment-with-your-business.html#comment-239800 Tue, 24 Feb 2015 09:11:02 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=8995#comment-239800 Becky, this is such an important post. Thank you for the reminder to make the time to analyze the bigger picture. It’s so easy to get lost in all of the day-to-day details.

]]> By: Brian Mininger https://smallbizsurvival.com/2015/02/your-weekly-appointment-with-your-business.html#comment-239795 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:55:14 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=8995#comment-239795 Great Stuff Becky! This action is simple and yet so difficult to actually implement. Those that “do the hard things” and implement this will reap the benefits. Thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2015/02/your-weekly-appointment-with-your-business.html#comment-239794 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:12:27 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=8995#comment-239794 In reply to Tracy Brown.

Thank you, Tracy. I’ve just been re-reading Covey’s 7 Habits. The quadrants of “urgent vs. important” are just one of the things I could use some reinforcement on! My friend Marty Coleman reminds us that “When you say you have no time, you mean you have no time for this.”

]]> By: Tracy Brown https://smallbizsurvival.com/2015/02/your-weekly-appointment-with-your-business.html#comment-239793 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:42:50 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=8995#comment-239793 Excellent advice, Becky! And you’re right: we have so many success-building resources available, that it’s pretty impossible to come up with an excuse for floundering.

While I’ve (traditionally) complained that it’s been lack of time, I’ve come to the realization that lack of (focused) attention has played a significant role. I’m typically a person who addresses the “loudest” issues as they come up, and sometimes I should reroute my attention on something less obvious, but more important. I’ve been working on using the “Covey Quadrants” when running my work week. I’m still far from a master at using them, but getting better. (With the occasional backslide.) ;-)

Thank you for sharing your ideas in your post, Becky. Have a super week!

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