It is flu season.
If you’re pushing your business forward,
meeting with perspective partners, suppliers, customers,
(and if you’re not, why aren’t you?)
you are also meeting with folks with the flu.
Employees have sick days.
When they get the flu,
they take a sick day.
When entrepreneurs take a sick day,
we often lose income.
We slow the success of our businesses.
I plan my current week
assuming I’ll be ill the next week.
I take as many face-to-face meetings as possible.
I work like the devil
to get ahead on projects, blog posts, deadlines.
I try to complete as many mission critical projects
as I possibly can.
If the flu strikes,
I switch my communications to email
(which I read and reread before sending).
I work on projects with longer deadlines
(to allow me to redo work).
If the flu doesn’t strike,
I’m ahead in my projects.
I’ve fast tracked my goals.
Assume the flu is coming for you.