The ONE question you should ask yourself when implementing new business systems…
Sustainable Systems: The Key to Long-Term Success in Business and Beyond
The weight loss industry is worth billions of dollars… Why? Well, many of these products and services (not all) are based on the idea of extreme restriction.
Because of various human physiological principles, we often can only do this for so long…
Many people go on a diet for 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, whatever it is… then much to their surprise, once they go off the diet, they gain all the weight back (again, not all).
So these people usually cycle through diet after diet. Each diet is as unsustainable as the next.
But here’s the thing: This happens in business too.
And with seasonal variations in the landscaping business, it happens even more.
Inevitably, the seasons bring ebbs and flows, ups and downs. But here’s the one thing we should always be asking ourselves when implementing new systems or operations:
Is it sustainable long-term?
And yes, there’s something to be said for those quick work sprints but, often, this leads to burnout.
The key to unlocking the pot of gold in the game is to find operations/systems/habits/etc that are sustainable across time, not just right now.
Is it sustainable? Will it serve my end goal? How?
And if it’s not sustainable… what am I going to change in the future so that it is?
The last place we want to be is building fragile unsustainable habits, systems, or practices around ourselves.
Instead, it’s about stepping into who we want to be right now - not who we’re going to be when or what we’ll do in the future. If we tell ourselves it will be in the future, it always will be in the future.
So, what are you doing now to sustain yourself for the long term?