I spoke with the owner of a very successful business the other day.  They have a unique business model that has worked phenomenally well since they opened the business.  They have experienced double digit growth month by month from their inception — until the last few months.

Like many businesses in the USA (and the world) today, things are changing.  Not only that, they’re changing so rapidly, many businesses aren’t able to keep up and are going under.  This is a poor time to keep saying, “No, this is the way we do it around here.  It’s the way we’ve always done it.”  

What I think people fail to realize is they’ve always done it that way because it worked, given the circumstances in the market at the time.  That doesn’t mean it’s always going to work.  If you are inflexible and unwilling to adapt in these times, you’ll almost certainly fail.  The old saying, adapt or die, has never been more true than it is now in these volatile times.

What adjustments have you made in the way you do business, given our current circumstances?  Now is the time to make a course correction.  Don’t wait until it’s too late.