My Business On Purpose

I just returned from being out of the country for 9 days and I was inaccessible to our business team.   No email, no cell phone, no text, no Slack. My wife had her cell phone on and we called some of our friends just to share what we were seeing, but I handled no day-to-day business while I was away. It’s the third time I’ve done that in two years.  Each time, the Business On Purpose team continues on with their week towards the mission of liberating owners from chaos. It’s still a mental mind-game to not constantly think, “I wonder if everything is ok!” There is a different question that I am learning to ask myself, “Do we have the principles and systems in place for the team to work in my absence (or presence)?” Here are some key elements that owners need to have in place if they are going to stop “doing it all themselves”. Written Purpose (in three forms): where there is no written vision people will grow either curious, concerned, or confused.  Where vision exists, clarity exists, and clarity is what any