Turtle, Bull or Cougar: Determining the Best Speed for Your Growth
By Melanie Benson Strick | December 17th, 2009Knowing what pace you should grow is something very few entrepreneurs actually know. You just move at the speed you’ve always traveled hoping you’ll get there.
What if you knew that to achieve real sustainable success (you know, the kind that doesn’t blow up in your face or you don’t have to chase all the time) you might need to change what speed you grow at?
Here’s what I mean. In my Fast Track to 6 Figure Lifestyle Business coaching program, one of the leverage topics I train on is “Results Acceleration.” As a success coach to entrepreneurs all over the world, I’ve found that knowing what speed to implement to match the pace of your desired growth is key to sustainable growth.
These three speeds are:
Bull in the China Shop: You are reckless and tend to break a lot of things in your “take no prisoner’s approach to getting what you want quickly. Because you leap then think through what needs to be done, you often miss important implementation steps that cause havoc for your team and your clients.”
Turtle. As the name implies, you move so slow that time feels like its standing still. By the time you actually make a decision the opportunity is gone. Because you are looking for the “perfect time” you typically never achieve your goals.
Cougar. Quick, decisive and effective, you move at an optimum speed to capitalize on opportunities while minimizing costly breakdowns. You are able to achieve continuous, momentous results in record time.
So…which speed are you traveling at? Do you like that speed? Is it working for you? Love to hear your comments on this one below.
To change your speed you’ll need to address some areas of your business such as: systems, automation, delegation, time management, prioritization and your prime motivation.
If you are interested in accelerating your revenue, accomplishing more of your big leap goal and having more enthusiasm for your work again, you may need to implement one of my “Results Acceleration” strategies in the Fast Track to 6 Figure Lifestyle Business.
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December 23rd, 2009 at 2:43 am
Good article.
So many people worry they are not “fast enough” “sharp enough” or whatever.
It doesn’t really make much difference if you just know what your strengths are. if you are “slow and cautious” then you will be good at the detail for example…
Matt
December 27th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Great article . Will definitely copy it to my website.
January 25th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Your website looks really good. Being a blog writer myself, I really appreciate the time you took in writing this article.