Sometime Now

 
 
What do we all have in common with our fellow workers?We each have exactly 86,400 seconds credit in our time bank account at the beginning of each and every day. We have no more and no less in our accounts than the person that you know that always appears to be in control, gets enough sleep each night, takes a walk in the park each lunch time, goes home on time etc.

So what are you doing differently that means that you always seem to be pushing late hours, skipping lunch, feeling tetchy, tired etc. to meet deadlines?

Here are my ten top tips for you to mull over in the rare spare moments between crises.
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What is Money? 01/13/2010
 
There is a song featured in the musical “Cabaret”

Money makes the world go around
the world go around
the world go around
Money makes the world go around
It makes the world go 'round.

But does it and what is Money?
 
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How often have you been asked this question, usually as a rhetorical reply to your own question?

“When will the report be ready?” Is often greeted the reply “How long etc

Let us however, focus on the answer to an original question of, how long is a piece of string? The answer can depend on a person’s perception, interest and what is known as his or her model of the world.

To a Quantum Physicist, A string is an object with a one-dimensional spatial extent. (1)  Hence the answer is measured in micro meters

To a string based musical instrument maker, “A string length is defined by the note that is to be produced”

To an average parcel maker, the length is very rarely exact for the desired use and needs to be cut to length.

This article is not for one moment intended to lead us down the path of “String length Theory”. However, what I aim to show is that whether it is the length of a piece of string or other objects and situations, it is a person’s perception of something that really matters.
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In my mind, a business plan is a living, breathing, dynamic part of the structure of any successful venture.

It identifies and documents many areas including our Objectives, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opposition, Price plan, Target market, Costs ,etc.

Quite often, during the early start up days of a business, the emphasis is placed on creating a business plan which is seen as a mechanism for many early day activities.

The bank manger needs to see one before a business account can be opened; the local business support organisation needs to see one before any support can be given.

In 2002 I helped to put a plan together to enable one company to be considered for a grant of £50. I also had to put one together, in a different form to allow me to apply for a bank overdraft facility.

Although they said, more or less the same thing, both of these plans had to be in a form that was acceptable to the organisation concerned.

What I found amazing was the fact that neither plan allowed for ongoing management reporting to be carried out in a simple but effective manner. Simply reporting on a monthly basis of forecast sales and costs against actual sales and costs just did not enter into either proposal.
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