26 Powerful Strategies 
For Dealing With Change 
In Your Business or Job!
Dan Surface

There is a lion coming over the hill and he’s heading straight for your business! That lion is named “Change” and to survive his vicious attack, you had better be ready. It’s been said that technology has advanced farther in the last 100 years than in all of recorded history. And it is predicted that we will advance more in this decade than in the last 100 years. That fact is startling! Information is predicted to double every day by the end of this decade according to futurists and business forecasters.  Every day! We'll know twice as much tomorrow as we do today. Part of the reason is because we are now teaching computers how to think. (Artificial Intelligence) IBM recently announced a new computer chip capable of processing 2.4 million pages per second. That is a stack of papers almost 75 miles high in a heartbeat. Because of extreme competition, the American worker is expected to do more...with less. It is an absolute fact that the way you do business WILL change. Are you ready?

Sure it’s scary.

But it will also be a time of great opportunity unlike any we’ve ever seen in the United States. Those who will prosper in this decade will be those who have developed their visionary skills. Simply put, a visionary is someone who sees things that others don’t see. A visionary sees profits, opportunities, challenges, excitement and fun while others see losses, boring, mundane, burnout and lives life in a rut. In the future, businesses will only hire those with visionary skills.  Technology will take care of the rest of the tasks. Now is the time to develop your visionary skills that will make you valuable to any company. Please examine these 26 powerful steps to becoming more visionary and deal with the changes in your life and your business!

  1. Do more with less – learn to delegate and focus.
  2. Welcome change. Learn about new technologies that will help you be more efficient.
  3. Form alliances with others in your business. Join associations.
  4. Network with other business owners. Join the Chamber and networking clubs.
  5. Copy those who are successful.
  6. Plan each day. Leave room for interruptions – they will happen.
  7. Say THANK YOU often. Write thank you notes and make a phone call each day just to say thanks for your business.
  8. See things from your customer’s perspective. Watch the little things.
  9. Have someone call your business periodically and listen in on the conversation. You may be surprised.
  10. Learn to ask the right questions of the right people and act on the advice with passion.
  11. Become an expert conversationalist.
  12. Care about people. (Co-workers, employees, customers, family and friends.
  13. Become the foremost expert at what you do.
  14. Practice positive thinking.
  15. Get organized. Buy the necessary tools to get your day, your business and your life in order.
  16. Learn follow-thru skills. Use technology to remind you of “things.” (Act, Palm, etc.)
  17. Learn to read faster. ( Free test - www.Readingsoft.com)
  18. Remember names.
  19. Learn listening skills.
  20. Appreciate marketing. It will keep you in business. Never stop, even when you are busy.
  21. Look for ways to be passionate about what you do. (Example: take and post pictures of satisfied customers)
  22. Keep a journal of things you’ve learned, questions you’ve answered, and problems you’ve solved.
  23. Read autobiographies about successful people.
  24. Form a mastermind group with successful people in your business.  (Read Napoleon Hill’s Think & Grow Rich again)
  25. Share plans with your spouse. You need their support.
  26. Never prejudge people or ideas.

So there is a place to start. I would love to speak at your next convention, conference or retreat and show your employees or members some powerful ideas to help them (and you) meet the challenges and changes of the future.

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"You can overcome any obstacle if you ask
the right questions, of the right people, at
the right time and act on that advice 
with passion!"
      Member - National Speakers Association
           2001 Indiana Member of the Year 
                  2003 Indiana President