Doing the basics

Look after the customers, try to meet all deadlines, bring something else/different/more valuable to the table, pay the bills, hope to be paid on time and rest up.

That’s been my working life since the Spring of this year when out of nowhere a flare up of Crohn’s disease knocked me sideways, upside down and inside out. It has been a very real struggle but through it I have sought to “look after the customers…..etc”.

I’ve been on the receiving end of great providence and unexpected and uncalled for assistance and I have learned a great deal about endurance and health and trust and grace like never before. The old adage about adversity teaching more than prosperity applies. I must be a slow learner.

Maybe you too feel as though you have been and perhaps still are on the frontline in a battle. Certainly I know a good few business owners who would identify with that. Be careful for the levels of endurance you are putting in and be mindful of those of your people. This is a time to consider recharging – properly and thoroughly. I’ll be near the front of the queue