To Sink or to Swim

It is the age old question, will you sink or will you swim? This question is also one that is posed frequently in business. When a problem arises, as an entrepreneur, you can choose to either sink or swim. The success of your business rides on which option is chosen. Our reference for sinking and swimming not only affects small day to day problems and tasks but also affects the large problems and tasks over time.

Let's consider a situation, in your business, a few associates in your office decide not to show up for work. You needed them because they were responsible to run a meeting for the other associates in your office. To sink, you as the entrepreneur would make a big deal out of the fact that the associates did not come in to work and now you have to cancel the meeting for the rest of your associates. Though this may not ruin your business, it definitely effects how your business runs on a day to day basis. The reason you chose for those associates to run that meeting was because the information they had to present was important to the development of your other associates in the office. The associates may learn what they needed to learn in that meeting at a later date, at the expense of your business until they do. As the entrepreneur, you can choose this option. Or you can do something else.

In the same situation if you as the entrepreneur choose to swim instead of counting on those associates to run the meeting and choosing to cancel the meeting because they failed to come to the office. You choose to run the meeting yourself. Your associates learn the things they needed to learn and your overall business runs better because you chose to teach what needed to be taught.

The world of an entrepreneur means more swimming than sinking. Sinking isn't an option. There are solutions to all of the problems we have in the day. Whether it be better planning or thinking of a solution quickly to ensure the betterment of your company. Remaining calm in moments of possible sink or swim allow the entrepreneur to make the best decisions for their company.