A Lesson Learned

I talked about two experts in the field of writing business plans, Tim Berry and Ellen Rohr, in a previous blog. I spoke on individual lessons I learned from researching each one. When it came to Mr. Berry he taught me that I constantly have to keep building on my business plan. When the day comes that my business plan is finished then that means that my company is done forever. I learned that I must continue to figure out what works for my business and apply it to my business plan to better my company and benefit everyone involved. I can never stop trying to better my business and incorporate ways to make it even more successful. As I continue researching and coming up with ideas to include in my plan that lesson always stays in my head. It made me realize that I have a lot of work to do and just when I think I am done I realize I have more work to do. I would like to thank Mr. Berry for giving me that insight because once I felt like I was done with my plan that would have been it for me. I would not have thought to continue building upon my business plan.

Ellen Rohr gave me a lesson that not only I can use in business but life as well. She talked about letting go of what you cannot control. That is so true. If something is not working within my business plan and I have no way of making it work then I just have to let it go. I have to come up with another way to make it work or scrap that whole idea altogether and start fresh. If I do not do that then stress and frustration becomes an issue and those feelings are not going to help me become productive and come up with solutions to what is not working. Both of these lessons taught me something but did not necessarily make me change anything about my business plan. These lessons gave me insight as to how to handle writing my business plan and to continue building upon it once I get my business up and running. I thank them for these lessons and will take them with me throughout my lifetime.