Comments on: Why you should focus on the problems https://smallbizsurvival.com/2010/08/why-you-should-focus-on-problems.html The small town and rural business resource Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:46:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2010/08/why-you-should-focus-on-problems.html#comment-4035 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:58:06 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=544#comment-4035 Chris, that is an interesting way to approach problem solving. I would never have thought about this for novelists.

]]> By: Chris https://smallbizsurvival.com/2010/08/why-you-should-focus-on-problems.html#comment-4034 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:16:23 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=544#comment-4034 My approach to obstacles is a little more free-form. I’m a novelist, so my business is all about entertaining my fans. Is this funny? Will that bring us closer? Keeping people engaged in a meaningful way is my bottom line. That may seem overly simplistic, but it works for me.

This isn’t to say that I don’t pay attention to things like cash flow and cost analysis, I do, but it’s not the focus of my attention. My fans are what keep me grounded. I may come up with ideas for what I believe is a cool experience, but ultimately they will decide if they want to play along and if I get the chance to try again.

I love having a symbiotic relationship with my fans: we all benefit when I succeed so it’s in all of our interests to make that happen. We’re all invested.

]]> By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2010/08/why-you-should-focus-on-problems.html#comment-4033 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:20:53 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=544#comment-4033 JGorman, thank you for sharing your experience with this technique. I’d love to hear from others, as well.

]]> By: JGorman https://smallbizsurvival.com/2010/08/why-you-should-focus-on-problems.html#comment-4032 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:46:01 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=544#comment-4032 Great perspective Becky. I was an account manager in telecom sales for 8 years and was successful because I focused on removing the next obstacle to sales. Our sales meetings would always start with goals and objectives, but then we would spend the majority of time figuring out how to remove the obstacles. It worked pretty well in that situation. Thanks.

]]> By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2010/08/why-you-should-focus-on-problems.html#comment-4031 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:44:27 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=544#comment-4031 Andy, it’s a bit of relief, isn’t it?

Brandon, Dr. Jones said he learned it from a coach working with university presidents, though he did not name a specific source.

]]> By: bcroke https://smallbizsurvival.com/2010/08/why-you-should-focus-on-problems.html#comment-4030 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:31:21 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=544#comment-4030 I loved this post, thanks so much for sharing!

However I was curious where the 15% of people are truly goal oriented statistic and research came from?

Not that I am doubting, I am just hungry for more information on the subject matter!

Best,

Brandon

]]> By: Andy Hayes | Travel Online Partners https://smallbizsurvival.com/2010/08/why-you-should-focus-on-problems.html#comment-4029 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:44:53 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=544#comment-4029 I like these statistics. It’s nice to be in the majority for once. :-)

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