Professional Development Series: #Pivot Hard

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#PivotHard...Making Sure your "Enough" is Actually Enough
Synopsis:  We are navigating a time of unprecedented disruption, challenge, and uncertainty.  Our ways of living and doing business have been severely curtailed and many basics of businesses like networking and F2F meetings are no longer viable options.  Businesses thriving before Covid-19 now find themselves wondering if they will even survive the Work-From-Home, economic shut downs, and the deep and sudden loss of demand for their goods and services.  These are Extreme Times for sure...The Greek physician Hippocrates wrote: “For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure are most suitable.”  The key question for businesses struggling to find a way to survive and thrive through the pandemic of 2020:  "Am I doing enough...am I pivoting enough to survive?" #PivotHard.
 
Four #PivotHard thoughts for you to consider

1. Are you as uncomfortable with the extreme nature of your "pivots", as you are with the Threat of survival to your business?  If not you should in all likelihood rethink and be more extreme with your pivots...#PivotHard because Big Danger requires Big Actions.
2. Are you thinking about "Minimizing Damage so you can Survive?"  ...or are you thinking about "Capturing Opportunities so you can Thrive."   #PivotHard because Winners think about Thriving.
3. Finding New Customers for what you sell is a good idea.  Leveraging your strengths and abilities and Delivering something New is often a great idea...#PivotHard
4. Attitude Matters...holding onto the past may be a fool's errand...but Harnessing the future is a Winner's Mission. In Tough Times, Winners #PivotHard