Comments on: Les Miserables, Life, Death And Small Business Ownership http://profitablegrowth.com/les-miserables-life-death-and-small-business-ownership/ Andy Birol, Birol Growth Consulting, Helping Business Leaders Create and Sustain Profitable Growth Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:03:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Andy Birol http://profitablegrowth.com/les-miserables-life-death-and-small-business-ownership/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Andy Birol Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:31:29 +0000 http://profitablegrowth.com/?p=146#comment-42 Thanks, Anita. The moment that our pain of changing becomes less than our pain of not changing we all make the needed moves. It is just sad that for many business owners, our defining point has to be so painful, come too late or get missed altogether. As we move past this Great Recession, I hope we all see the new defining points as the old ones may not be the right ones any more. Onward! Thanks, Anita.

The moment that our pain of changing becomes less than our pain of not changing we all make the needed moves. It is just sad that for many business owners, our defining point has to be so painful, come too late or get missed altogether. As we move past this Great Recession, I hope we all see the new defining points as the old ones may not be the right ones any more. Onward!

]]> By: Anita Campbell http://profitablegrowth.com/les-miserables-life-death-and-small-business-ownership/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Anita Campbell Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:37:47 +0000 http://profitablegrowth.com/?p=146#comment-41 Hi Andy, I can understand the temptation to want to do things "the old way." The old way means safety -- or so it seems. It's scary to take risks in business. Easy to say with bravado, hard to do in everyday practice. There are so many unknowns. As a business owner, you have to take a deep breath and take the plunge -- but it's not easy when you know that one false step could take down your whole company. I guess we just have to keep reminding ourselves that the appearance of safety isn't all it's cracked up to be. -- Anita Hi Andy,

I can understand the temptation to want to do things “the old way.” The old way means safety — or so it seems.

It’s scary to take risks in business. Easy to say with bravado, hard to do in everyday practice. There are so many unknowns. As a business owner, you have to take a deep breath and take the plunge — but it’s not easy when you know that one false step could take down your whole company.

I guess we just have to keep reminding ourselves that the appearance of safety isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

– Anita

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