• No products in the cart.
  • No products in the cart.
Back To Top
Image Alt

Opening Act

Opening Act

I drive a couple of miles at 7am down here at the Jersey Shore to get the newspapers at the supermarket. During my leisurely drive along the boardwalk and through the snoozing town, I see trucks delivering everything from bread to beer, people opening hardware stores and donut shops, street cleaners and parking meter change collectors.

Everyone is out in their routine. People who are expected to open up freight doors are doing so, the police are riding shotgun for the meter people, early customers know when to drift in (I am one of them).

What is your early routine? Are you “delivering, collecting, opening, organizing”? Or do you begin every day by reinventing the wheel and staggering around without compass or gyroscope?

Those folks I pass have a routine enforced upon them by authorities and investors, except for the store owners, who must adhere to their own routines to manage and grow their businesses. What about your store?

© Alan Weiss 2016

Written by

Alan Weiss is a consultant, speaker, and author of over 60 books. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients from over 500 leading organizations around the world.

Post a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.