CHANGE: January 2008, Edition 25, Abundance, from ThistleSea Business Development

"ABUNDANCE"

Issue: 25

"Because your business should lead to Abundance."

Abundance in the New Year!

Greetings!

As you enter this new year, you should all do so with a hope for a better business that leads to a better life for you and your family.

Successfully maneuvering through the changing business landscape, nurturing important relationships, understanding the markets you serve and the changes in finance, technology and communication as well as the many other factors that impact your business and personal life takes understanding, faith and a lot of hard work.

No matter what business you're in, there are those that have mastered the areas that currently challenge you, others that have developed business and personal practices that make them and their businesses highly effective and more successful. They make better decisions. They are truly leaders, just like you.

As leaders, we recognize that change is constant, change represents real opportunity and change is not our enemy but maybe our best friend. Understanding how to master change and prepare for its full postive impact is critical to our success.

With excitement for the results that you can achieve in this New Year, I wish you much success and Abundance in 2008.

Together, let's make 2008 our most successful year yet.

John D. Laslavic, LPBC

Business Coach/President
(724) 935-1930

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What Will Your Business Look Like In 2009?

(Yes, I really mean 2009)

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Do you have a clear vision of what your company will look like in January 2009?

Have you recently considered the fact that the decisions you and I make today will determine our future. And it's those decisions that will determine what your business will look like in a month, a year or even 10 years from today.

If you have a clear vision, do you have a plan to achieve your vision?

If you do, congratulations! If you don't, what is stopping you?

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Plan

- noun; verb, planned, plan·ning.

1. a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.

2. a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan for seating guests.

3. a specific project or definite purpose: plans for the future.

4. Also called plan view, a drawing made to scale to represent the top view or a horizontal section of a structure or a machine, as a floor layout of a building.

5. a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram: a plan of the dock area.

6. (in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye.

7. a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc.: a pension plan.

Source: Dictionary.com

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Whether you have a plan that can be improved or if you are in the pre-planning stage, here are 10 important questions for your consideration when refining / developing your plan:

Where do I want to go?

How will my products or services benefit my target market?

How will I find my customers?

What service do my customers expect?

What resources do I need to deliver that level of service?

What actions do I need to take everyday in my business to deliver that service?

What adjustments do I need to make to reach that level of service?

What results are desired and how do I measure success?

How will I find other opportunities to strengthen my business and become more profitable?

How will I identify and make needed adjustments along the way?

Once you decide on your plan, now take the steps to put it into action.

Your life and business are worth it.

2023: 15 Technology Possibilities - Impacting Your LIFE!

Imagine a better life in 2023:

Living in a home that consumes 1/2 the energy consumed by the average home in 2007.
Smart windows and walls that warm and insulate.
Sensors feeding information to devices that control your inside environment.
A lawn with genetically tweaked grass that you never need to mow.
LED or diodes producing lighting which consumes 90% less energy than you consume today using solar cells.
Voice activated systems to command your appliances.
Smart medicine cabinets that calculate medication based upon your condition, the environment, and weather conditions.
Resort life features built into your home.
Internet purchases that are more common with stores that stock only samples, Internet orders and pick-up or resident delivery choice provided to all consumers.
Mass-customization with your preferences, sizes, and interests used to deliver perfectly fitting clothing or preference products designed for your lifestyle.
Baby-boomer hangouts.
Robot home assistants for home and yardwork.
Digital theaters with sharper pictures and better sound.
International professional sporting contests.
Electronic books allowing you to easily download your favorate reading materials.

Will these be commonplace in 2023?

Are you ready???

Adapted: The Kiplinger Letter, Vol. 84. No. 51, 12/28/2007

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ThistleSea Business Development specializes in helping small businesses improve their performance. To explore our these services, or for more information, go to www.thistlesea.com or contact President John D. Laslavic, LPBC at (724) 935-1930 or info@thistlesea.com.

Great Reasons to CALL ThistleSea Business Development:

If you are a business owner or know a business owner who:

Wants to reduce or eliminate the STRESS caused by the business.
Is having difficulty retaining, hiring or managing employees.
Is growing quickly and needs an objective ear to talk to about the business.
Deals with difficult business issues or situations.
Desires to enjoy family, have more free time, better vacations, and build the best company.
Is losing sleep because of the pressures of the business.
Works hard to increase business volume and improve profits.

Give John a call today at 724 935-1930 for a free initial consultation.

"Because your business should lead to "Abundance."

January 2008 - In This Issue

What will your Business Look Like in 2009?

2023: 15 Technology Possibilities

Great Reasons

DID YOU KNOW

"The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions. A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of luggage to carry through life."

- John Hancock

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"It's a favorite belief of mine that no student (business owner) attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."

- Charles Kendell Adams

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Together you and your ThistleSea business coach can develop an action plan to position your business for improved results.

As a Business Owner - How would you answer these questions?

If you were to sell your business today, how much would it be worth?

If you were to walk away from your business today, how long would it run?

If you were to improve your business today, where would you start?

Do you ever feel that you are putting more effort, time, money into your business than you are getting in return?

Do you feel you are working harder but still not achieving your dreams?

Have you have tried to make positive changes in your business but have never really got started?

Is your business performance improving but you want to move it to the next level to achieve even better results more quickly?

What steps are you willing to take to improve both the value of your business and the quality of your personal, professional and family life?

If you are interested in exploring the answers to these questions in greater depth, then a discussion with a ThistleSea business coach might be a great next step.

Call for (424) 935-1930 a free initial consultation.

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Frustrated Business Owner

ThistleSea Business Development recently opened our new business development office at 7500 Brooktree Road, Suite 117, Wexford, PA 15090.

Our office is designed to provide our clients a private setting for coaching, group coaching and other business development activities.

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Financial Tools

ThistleSea offer our clients a set of tools for quantitative financial and gap analysis that compares your business to others in your peer group.

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Our Services

ThistleSea Business Development offers One-on-One Business Coaching, Extended Coaching Services, Group Coaching, Training and Business Development Services.

ThistleSea is a Distributor of Extended DISC Personal Profile

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Frustrated Business Owner

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ThistleSea is a proud member of the Professional Business Coaches Alliance (PBCA). ThistleSea Coaches meet the high standards of the PBCA.

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John D. Laslavic, LPBC

Business Coach/President

ThistleSea Business Development

(724) 935-1930

info@thistlesea.com