A good business adapts it’s strategy and approach as the economy continuously evolves.
A business is like a living being. It’s more of a process than a stagnant thing. The way you manage your business today shouldn’t be the same way you managed it ten years ago or even ten months ago. Because your business should have evolved and changed and adapted in some way during that time – just like living beings evolve and change and adapt to their environments.
The economy is always changing. So your business should always be changing. Managing a business includes adapting to change, evolving with change and sometimes pioneering those changes and evolutions.
Productivity is about turning valuable inputs into valuable outputs. Individual people are more productive when all the elements of the permaculture economy are at work in their lives. When individuals are productive, then businesses become productive. When businesses become productive, the nation becomes productive.
At Mayflower-Plymouth, we’re helping businesses and cities make significant improvements with our management consulting services. And for that, we’re making the world a better place. And we’re making a lot of money – many millions of dollars – by helping others and making their lives better.
The Subjectivity of Value: Value is determined by individual buyers and sellers and not by government. There is no product or service which has a fixed or definite value. Because circumstances, scenarios, and objectives vary indefinitely, value also varies indefinitely. Value is subjective in the same way that needs are subjective.
A good investment is a productive investment.
A business is an ensemble of people. The energies, attitudes and personalities of employees come together and form the energy, attitude and personality of the business.
A good investment is like a good fruit tree. From its conception, it grows exponentially larger consistently and reliably. It’s required input in a small percentage of its output. It regularly gives back to the broader ecosystem, helping multiple other lives to prosper. And it produces an abundance of fruit for the enjoyment of its owner.
Business done well has the ability to supersede charity.
Investing, like spirituality, has a lot to do with the flow of energy.
We all have a responsibility to be efficient stewards of resources. That’s also what good investing is about – being an efficient steward of resources.
Your products and services should attract customers like pollen attracts honeybees. The value of what your business offers should be a magnet to customers.
A business is like a living being. It needs to be cared for, loved, stewarded, nurtured, and led.
To make good business decisions, you need to be routinely extracting actionable data from the businesses processes. Analyzing the data and organizing it in alignment with the businesses goals will allow for greater clarity in making decisions.
We all have a responsibility to be efficient stewards of resources.
A good business adds value not only to individual people, but also to systems and networks of people. A good business has a multiplicative value effect.
Good cities cultivate welcoming business environments.
Investing requires vision, patience, research, and strategy.
If your adding value and helping other people in some way, then money should be flowing into your life with ease.