Solomon’s business principals Part 4

This week we finished up Solomon’s 10 principles for business and personal life.

So let’s just dive right back in where we left off.

Solomon’s ninth principal is to PLAY THE LONG GAME – REMAIN FOCUSED AND PATIENT.

The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty; but those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty (Proverbs 21: 5).

Many businesses and people make the mistake of running from one plan to another, from one supposed opportunity to another, and losing the focus of their core product or service. (What I like to call shiny object syndrome)

Be patient enough to let your business take root, find its customer base, and grow from there.

One of my biggest mistakes in business and when I was working for others was that I wanted results today!

I switched gears / jobs soooo fast that I never really got a good handle on what the real potential is.

This is probably one of the hardest things to do.

As an entrepreneur (and the trucker inside of me) I like to switch gears quite often.  (get the trucker joke, HAHAH)

The problem with that is that when we switch gears it’s usually just when we are starting to get momentum. 

Russell Brunson talks about when he had a conversation with an ultra-successful person. They joked with him and said that he was just like everyone else.  He got a little success on one project then moved on to the next one. Just like a community theater

Their way to get to where they are today was simply taking the show on the road. 

The way to be ultra-successful is to keep doing the same show in different towns until you get it perfected. Then take it worldwide to MAJOR cities.

The last principal we are going to talk about is to KNOW THAT YOUR WORK IS FOR GOD’S GLORY FIRST.

Solomon wrote Psalm 127: Unless the Lord builds the house; they labor in vain who build it. Unless the Lord guards the city; the watchman stays awake in vain.

In words seemingly meant for business owners: It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late.

If you want your effort to count for something, if you want to reach significance and not just success, direct your efforts to God’s glory and build your business as a testimony of excellence to His Name.

How often do we labor in vain because we are doing what we want instead of what God needs us to do?

It’s happened to me and I’m sure it will happen again in the future.

If you have ever been to our business website www.Eclipse-dot.com (shameless plug) at the bottom of every page there is a verse.

This is just one way that we help to show the world our faith. 

We have had several people tell us that it is not a smart idea to mix faith and business.

Our answer is that there is no other way to run a business than to mix faith in it.  Because without God we would not have a business.

As you can see all 10 of these principles are extremely easy to follow.  And YES God did leave a play book for how to live our lives and conduct business.

1. BE DILIGENT AND WORK HARD.
2. WORK WISELY. Work smarter not harder.
3. PURSUE EXCELLENCE. Always

try your best to be the best at what you do in everything you do.

4. WORK PROACTIVELY.

Don’t wait on the sidelines, jump in and get to it.  Stop procrastinating.

5. BE HONEST – ALWAYS.

The good Lord LOVES honesty, just like all of us do as well.  So be honest in everything you do.

6. USE DEBT SPARINGLY. Try your best to work off of your own finances without borrowing too much $$. 

7. WORK COOPERATIVELY.

Working with others is your KEY to success. Without them you don’t stand a chance of surviving, let alone thriving.

8. ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH VALUED PROFESSIONALS. Be smart enough to know that you don’t know it all
9. PLAY THE LONG GAME – REMAIN FOCUSED AND PATIENT. Be patient enough to let your business take root, find its customer base, and grow from there.
10. KNOW THAT YOUR WORK IS FOR GOD’S GLORY FIRST. If you want to reach significance and not just success, direct your efforts to God’s glory and build your business as a testimony of excellence to His Name.

Take Action

Now is the time to put ALL of these principles to work in your life.  Write them down, print them off, tattoo them on the back of your hand (ok maybe not the last one)

A lot of people say that reading is leading. Well guess what?

THEY ARE WRONG.

That is only one step of leading a GREAT life.

The next step beyond gaining knowledge and wisdom is implementation.

You can learn everything about the world but if you never implement any of what you learn you will still NEVER make any progress!

So what are you waiting for? Get out there and implement what you just learned!