http://vestpocketconsultant.entrepreneur.com/2008/04/10/keeping-your-temper-and-your-sanity/ The place to go to make your small business grow Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:51:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://vestpocketconsultant.entrepreneur.com/2008/04/10/keeping-your-temper-and-your-sanity/#comment-388 Ricky Cunningham Tue, 06 May 2008 18:34:04 +0000 http://vestpocketconsultant.entrepreneur.com/2008/04/10/keeping-your-temper-and-your-sanity/#comment-388 I was reading over this post and I have to agree with most of what was said. It is true that when you are the owner and operator of your own business, it is important to take time to just relax and let others handle things. After all you are going to need someone who you can depend on if you end up in the hospital or have a family emergency. Letting someone else take charge of your business even temporarily can be gut wrenching but it is a necessity. In the world of business things can change in an instant so you need to be free to make decisions and stay educated on industry trends. If you do not then you will be left behind and it could end up costing you customers and profits. But I did not think it was realistic to think that the best way to run a business is to start thinking of replacing someone because they made a mistake. I mean no one is perfect and that is why it is important to have good communication with people that work for you. That way they know they can come to you if they need help or advice and you do not need to micro-manage them. It is your job as a business owner to hire people that believe in what you do and that want to make it a success. I mean if a business owner sat there and thought about replacing somebody every time they messed up, then they would not be able to focus on their business and would become a HR rep instead of a business owner. My advice is to use a staffing agency who has prescreened candidates that meet your requirements. That way you only pay them if you hire one of their workers, they handle their time cards and issue paychecks to. They can also bring in someone else if you need to replace a worker and you get to choose on who to hire from a large group of people. I was reading over this post and I have to agree with most of what was said. It is true that when you are the owner and operator of your own business, it is important to take time to just relax and let others handle things. After all you are going to need someone who you can depend on if you end up in the hospital or have a family emergency. Letting someone else take charge of your business even temporarily can be gut wrenching but it is a necessity. In the world of business things can change in an instant so you need to be free to make decisions and stay educated on industry trends. If you do not then you will be left behind and it could end up costing you customers and profits. But I did not think it was realistic to think that the best way to run a business is to start thinking of replacing someone because they made a mistake. I mean no one is perfect and that is why it is important to have good communication with people that work for you. That way they know they can come to you if they need help or advice and you do not need to micro-manage them. It is your job as a business owner to hire people that believe in what you do and that want to make it a success. I mean if a business owner sat there and thought about replacing somebody every time they messed up, then they would not be able to focus on their business and would become a HR rep instead of a business owner. My advice is to use a staffing agency who has prescreened candidates that meet your requirements. That way you only pay them if you hire one of their workers, they handle their time cards and issue paychecks to. They can also bring in someone else if you need to replace a worker and you get to choose on who to hire from a large group of people.

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