http://www.intuitiveplan.com for small business owners aiming to make a big difference Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:31:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.intuitiveplan.com/2010/04/decide-wherewhen-to-be-able-to-respond/ http://www.intuitiveplan.com/2010/04/decide-wherewhen-to-be-able-to-respond/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:40:40 +0000 Rosemary Senjem http://www.intuitiveplan.com/?p=754 prepared itself for customers. The important decisions about where and when to be able to respond have already been made. This is especially true when readiness means being able to go with the flow and follow. Follow the customer. Follow the lead. Follow the idea. When opportunity knocks, you’re ready. These readiness decisions bring focus and allow for quick, firm  responses, based on convictions in real values. Every apparent “over-night success” story I have ever encountered has a back-story of 10-20 years of preparation for the big break. Even those who seem to be plucked from obscurity to the world stage by talent shows, describe many years of practice, learning, and preparation for this moment. Focus. Practice. Learn. Be ready. Respond. To needs, inspiration, trends, opportunities.]]> http://www.intuitiveplan.com/2010/04/decide-wherewhen-to-be-able-to-respond/feed/ 0 http://www.intuitiveplan.com/2010/01/recognize-investments-and-expenses/ http://www.intuitiveplan.com/2010/01/recognize-investments-and-expenses/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:41:03 +0000 Rosemary Senjem http://www.intuitiveplan.com/?p=746 Entrepreneurs sort spending this way:

• Expense: Spend this on a regular basis to cover the basics of running the business. I see the value of creating stability by laying a foundation of spending for regular operating expenses.
• Investment: This spending could create more value later. I see strong enough growth potential for results that I value. These results may be money, resources, referrals, market share, and more.

Julie is debating whether or not to rent an office in town for her consulting work. Her clients are all over the nation, so there is no obvious benefit to them if she moves. In fact, she might be less accessible to her clients, because her home office allows her to be available at all hours. Yet, the isolation she feels in her rural home office is not nurturing her and she is noticing that she is losing enthusiasm for her work. She takes pride in being frugal and feels smart in taking a tax deduction for her home office. She wonders if it would be a waste of money to move her office to town, and then have expenses for rent and commuting. What would you advise her to do? How do the concepts of investment and expense come to play here? Julie needs to run the numbers, including her Body Wisdom numbers. She needs to evaluate the real costs and benefits of where her office is now for her, her company, and her family. Then she needs to evaluate the potential costs and benefits of moving her office to town. Thinking of the move as an investment at first, with a potential pay-off later, helps her to open up to the idea that moving her office could be a way to grow a local group of clients for a new service she dreams of offering. Her mind is then freed up to map out how her expenses would change as her business changed.]]> http://www.intuitiveplan.com/2010/01/recognize-investments-and-expenses/feed/ 0 http://www.intuitiveplan.com/2009/12/start-with-what-you%e2%80%99ve-got/ http://www.intuitiveplan.com/2009/12/start-with-what-you%e2%80%99ve-got/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:12:39 +0000 Rosemary Senjem http://www.intuitiveplan.com/?p=741 What do you have at hand? Make something with that. Make a drawing, make a list, and make a prototype. Natural Entrepreneurial Thinking does not require a venture capitalist for you to get started. Where do you suppose is the geographic hotbed of entrepreneurial activity in the world? Is it in Silicon Valley? Is it in New York or London? No. It is in the proverbial Third World, where people rarely have government support or even a rich uncle. Yet people begin here. People trade here. People negotiate deals here. People can’t wait here. And neither can you.]]> http://www.intuitiveplan.com/2009/12/start-with-what-you%e2%80%99ve-got/feed/ 0