Is Your Home Business Adequate or Exceptional?
October 17, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
When producing a product or providing a service in your home business, take a look at the results.
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Are you doing an adequate job, enough to get by and keep you ”resting on your laurels?” Or are you striving for excellence in what you provide?
Laura Spencer has written a thought provoking post on this topic at her blog, Writing Thoughts. In Are You an Adequate Writer or an Excellent Writer, Laura talks about writing (one type of home business). However, I realized, as I read the post, Laura’s points could be applied to any business and most anything you attempt in life.
Are you putting your best into what you do or are you simply doing enough for adequate results. Not bad results, but not your best if you gave it “your all.” Do you strive to learn more and get better even when you’re doing a great job? Will you stand out in the crowd? Will you keep your customers satisfied? Are you exceptional?
What do you think? How do you rate yourself? How would your customers rate you?
Hi Mary Emma!
Thanks for highlighting my post.
You are so right – my blog post was targeted to writers (because I am a writer), but the principle applies to any profession.
It’s always a good business practice to strive for excellence in what you do.
Thanks, Laura, for stopping by Home Biz Notes. I thought your post was very thought provoking and one home business owners should think about. So often we writers and home business owners get rushed and then scurry too quickly to produce something. It’s not always the best we can do. Your post got me considering, in the various aspects of my life, “Am I doing the best that I can? Or am I going about it haphazardly?”