How to Think Outside the Box and Grow Your Small Business

Paradigms are “problem solving systems”. With an outdated or ineffective paradigm, your small business could be headed towards extinction. With the right kind of paradigm, your small business will grow and thrive in today’s economy.

Respond or React
The way you see the world determines whether you respond or react to what you encounter. It is safe to say that many of today’s small business owners have not experienced anything like what they are experiencing in today’s market place.

All across the United States, the market has shifted and the economy has changed.

The old saying “if you keep on doing what you have always done, you will keep on getting what you always got” has been changed to “if you keep on doing what you have always done, you will get a lot less of what you always got; you might even go broke”.

Change Your View
As surrounding circumstances change, you need to adapt or in some cases, completely change your approach to serving your clients and customers. This all begins by changing your perspective on how you see your problems. Once you change the way you look at your problems, you can choose to use different problem solving systems.

Here are four things you can do to change the way you look at solving your business problems:

1. Start asking other successful business owners for one idea that can help you grow your business.

2. Ask your employees the question: “If you were the owner of this company what would you change to improve the way it is being run?"

3. Stop saying no to new ideas you learn about and start talking about how you can implement them.

4. Start reading one good book or listening to one good audio program on how to make your business more successful.

Remember, by changing the way you think about your problems, you begin creating new solution-orientated possibilities that can help you improve and grow your business.

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Tom Borg is president of Tom Borg Consulting, LLC. He is a business consultant, speaker, coach and author. He helps companies and organization become more profitable by increasing their value and lowering their costs through the professional development of their managers and employees.