The Power Of Connecting With People That Make You Successful

This is one aspect of life that I feel I have been very fortunate with.  I have a lot of friends and siblings that are very positive in their outlook on life in general.  They do not let the stress of life get them down and they are very good at helping me do the same.  They are very forward thinkers.  The past continues to happen every day and a person can not dwell in the past.  As a young business owner, I continue to try to take the positives out of everything that has happened to date and learn from the negatives but not dwell on them.  I have always heard that a person that can not learn from their mistakes is bound to repeat them again.  This is something quite a few of my friends have helped me with over the last nearly two years.  I have been able to talk to them about things that have happened and hash it out to try and come to some type of direction to take from it. 

I have had the benefit of teaming with my wife in our business venture.  We together have sat down many times to try to dissect how we approached certain situations to find out how we can improve the next time we face the same situation.  This has been everything from employee issues, maintenance issues, facility updates, and future plans.  It really helps that we more or less know how each other thinks and operates.  She is a very positive person who loves to research best practices and how they fit for us.  I like to have a vision and plan but fly by the seat of my pants quite often as well and can adapt very quickly.  It has been a great experience for us as we are bound to have things come up with 20+ staff members, an ever-changing market, and a 10,000+ sq. ft. facility.  We have had a few disagreements on how to approach different issues but have been able to work through our differences and come to an understanding of how we will approach the issue at hand.

We have been working on this over the last couple years.  We are trying to build a network of people that can help us when we are in need.  Everything from bankers, lawyers, grocery store managers, our pharmacist at our local drug store, the police, doctors, local business people, and to many more to list them all.  We have many different types of situations that have come up and we have come to the understanding that we are not able to deal with all of the issues alone.  A person needs to learn how to ask for help when needed.  It helps to have as many people that we have dealt with in the past that know us because they are usually willing to listen to ideas/concerns that we are faced with.  Many times, they are willing to take a phone call or email without charge because of the relationship established with them.  This is important in all businesses, creating a network of people that work towards the same goal and that is creating a successful environment for all.  This is a continual goal for us.  We want to create and have a solid network of people that will help us stay successful and keep a great reputation as a business people can trust.

All of this will hopefully help us stay successful for years to come.  Till next week, enjoy the last weeks of October as fall here in Minnesota is coming to a close.