Achieving Prosperity in 2009

It’s that time of the year when football fanatics are glued to the screen to see which teams are going to thrive under tremendous pressure or succumb to their competition. Many business owners can especially relate this year given the state of the economy and fighting to overcome even the toughest competitors rather than being dragged down with their weaker counterparts. This year, make a new resolution and commit to making 2009 your best year yet.

Ray Brun, TAB-Certified Facilitator and Coach describes on the TAB East Bay North Web site how you can turn around your company in one year, just like the Miami Dolphins made NFL history:

“The biggest one-season turn-around in NFL history! Worst to First. How does a team go from 1-15 to 11-5 in just one short year? The answer is simple. When Bill Parcells took over the reigns in Miami this year, the first thing he did was let everyone there know that losing would not be tolerated. He had won everywhere he had been and the Dolphins would be no exception. He started out by raising the standard from Good(or was it Awful?) to Excellent.

Once those who accepted losing were kicked off the bus, everything else fell into place, because there was no one to drag everyone else down. And that, my fellow business owners, is how you are going to make it easier for positive change in the challenging year ahead. That is how you are going to go from good (or bad) to great. There will be no shortage of gloom and doom and naysayers in 2009. To survive, you must be around people who have a mindset of ‘I refuse to participate in this recession!’”

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