Develop your skills and talents to ... and ... whatyou lack. If you have a talent for writing, become the ... and if you don't know how to build a web sitelet an expe Develop your skills and talents to perfection and outsource whatyou lack. If you have a talent for writing, become the perfectsalesletterwriter and if you don't know how to build a web sitelet an expert do that for you. By using education andoutsourcing all tasks in your business are done well and youstay ahead of your competitors.1. Your Objective and StrategyIf you organize your business you formulate an objective anddevelop a strategy to reach that objective. You also define thetools that you need to make the strategy work. Likesales letters, budgets, investment in hardware and software,education has to be an integral part of your tool box. When youhave the whole picture ready you have a very good idea whatskills and abilities you need to bring the journey to a goodend. But there is another thing.2. ChangesWe live in a time of rapid changes. Everything around us changesin an incredible speed and it effects us all. There is also aneffect on the way we are doing business. New views on economics,technical changes, new and very fast ways of communicationthrough the virtual highway...it all asks for an attitude ofanticipation and a refreshment of knowledge, skills andabilities. You must prepare yourself in time for the future. Ifyou don't, you lose because your competitors do and try to takeyour share of the market. 3. TalentsEverybody has talents. One has a talent for languages and is anexcellent copy writer, another has a creative talent and is avery good web designer. Your talents make you good in one taskand less suitable for others. You should constantly evaluateyourself; which task is done well and which task needsimprovement. However the problem is that with the growingcomplexity of your business you can't do everything equallywell. And to be successful every aspect of your business has tobe outstanding.4. Two LessonsThere is something funny about people. What they don't have theywill never get. A lack of talent for mathematics can never becompensated by studying hard. It will always be a weak point. Onthe other hand, they can improve their real talents intoperfection. This holds two lessons for you and these lessonsare: 1. Never try to learn something for which you don't have atalent. It takes a lot of time and money to only understand thebasics. Time and money can be better used. E.g. for talking withan expert in the field you try and cannot master. This is calledoutsourcing. Outsourcing to others what they do more efficientlyis a successful management strategy and not a sign of weakness.2. Develop your talents into perfection. Never stop improvingyourself in the things you are really good at. Become an expertin what suits you. Education is the only way to improve theknowledge of your own intellectual capitalThe bottomline of this article is that you should be well awareof your talents as well as of your limitations when developing yourbusiness or anticipating changes. You should always be preparedto act efficiently. Educate yourself to the highest levelpossible, or outsource tasks.Copyright 2003 Joop Liefaard. Please feel free to pass thisarticle on to your friends, or use it in your ezine ornewsletter. It's a shareware article. Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com