Time Marches On

I believe “Time Marches On” is a song title, but it’s also how I feel about my life.  I can see the phrase works in business as well.  Time will continue to pass, with or without our permission. While we can’t control many things that happen around us, we have complete control over what happens within us.

In reading E-Myth and other articles over this semester my biggest takeaway is to be observant and plan for the picture.  It’s so easy in our work, business, or even family to get caught up in the day to day “operations” that we forget to plan for the future.

The past couple years I’ve been blessed to be in a position at work that gives me ample time for reflection.  That will be changing in a few weeks as I move to a new position that is much faster paced.  I will have to make time to make sure I “work on (my) business, not just in (my) business.”  My career is my business, it’s my brand and I need to be focused on growing it.  If I just go in and learn my job and get lost in the work, I’ll eventually get burned out and time will have passed with little growth done.  If instead I focus everyday on what I’m going to do to grow and then at the end of the day evaluate what went right, what wrong, and what I learned I will make sure that I’m using the time that’s passing to its fullest possibilities.  To me, that will be success.