{"id":2384,"date":"2011-07-07T09:42:21","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T23:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=2384"},"modified":"2011-06-28T23:46:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T13:46:18","slug":"finding-your-business-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2011\/07\/finding-your-business-monster\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding your business monster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are there any monsters hiding under your business bed? Or perhaps yours is hiding behind your phone or in the pile of outstanding paperwork…<\/p>\n

Laura Patrolino shares a story about the monster under her childhood bed<\/a>\u00a0that wasn’t really there when she looked. For a year, she followed behaviours that suited her fear rather than reality or her best interests.<\/p>\n

The question is, do you have monsters under your business bed \u2013 that is, are there behaviours you follow in your business that are based on fear rather than a solid business decision? Or maybe behaviours based on misinformation, outdated ideas or factors that no longer apply (for instance, it may have made sense to work at night when you had a toddler under foot in a home based business but not now that your child is a teenager and you work full time business hours).<\/p>\n

Have a look at what you do (and don\u2019t do!) and think about the reasons and emotions behind them. You may find writing some procedures<\/a>will help you identify processes based on something other than efficiency and effectiveness.<\/p>\n

So did you find many business monsters?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are there any monsters hiding under your business bed? Or perhaps yours is hiding behind your phone or in the pile of outstanding paperwork… Laura Patrolino shares a story about the monster under her childhood bed\u00a0that wasn’t really there when she looked. For a year, she followed behaviours that suited her fear rather than reality […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,53],"tags":[398,128,1273,301],"class_list":["post-2384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bit-off-track","category-business-info-tools","tag-emotion","tag-fear","tag-monster","tag-reason"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t