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Growing Your Business

The mid-business life dilemma

Your business has already been up for a few years and you’re doing an evaluation:
Loyal customer base? Check! Happy employees? Check! Good profit? Check!

Now you know it’s time to grow your business and this could be just as hard and as scary as when you first started. This fear is what we call “The Mid-Business Life Dilemma”. But do not worry. We have some tips and advice on how you can move past this so that you can continue building your empire!

FAST TIPS

1

Growth can be overwhelming when taken too quickly. Set realistic goals and know how to manage resources and expectations.

2

With your role as leader, you need to take time to get to know your people and understand what their needs are and know which ones you can address.

3

Don’t get too caught up with your company’s impressive cash flow. Manage your daily expenses. Invest wisely…in technology, supplies and your people.

4

Hiring the right people is essential for any business to thrive. Look for quality employees even if may take longer to do so. Retaining them…that’s another challenge.

5

Create healthy, open communication within the workplace. Employees stay longer in a company when they know they’re being heard and their contributions are valued.

there’s nothing more fullfilling than your own blooming business, SO TAKE advice from SOME of the most SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENUERS who started just like you. :)

BE LIKE BILL

MICROSOFT CO-FOUNDER, BILL GATES

“Change the world or go home.” Live your values.
“Your best gets better with the right people.” Surround yourself with the right people who will make up for your weakness.
“Innovation is the heart and soul of a business.” Innovate your products, your process, and your market to stay ahead of the game.

BE LIKE STEVE

APPLE FOUNDER, STEVE JOBS

“Keep a strict focus.” Pick your products carefully even if it means saying no to other great ideas.
“Learn from failure.” Learn from past mistakes. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
“Surround yourself with the best people.” You need extremely talented allies to help you get the job done.

BE LIKE MARK

FACEBOOK FOUDNER & CEO, MARK ZUCKERBERG

“Invest in your passion.” Let your passion be the foundation of your endeavor.
“Completion trumps perfection.” Get the tasks done to the best of your ability.
“Be fearless.” Conquer your fears and take risks despite the odds.

BE LIKE REESE

RAGS2RICHES PRESIDENT & FOUNDING PARTNER, REESE FERNANDEZ-RUIZ

“When you find what you're passionate about, act on it.” Don't waste a lot of time trying to figure things out.
“Be market-driven.” Look around and see what's out there then bridge those with what your company can do.
“Don't be afraid to collaborate.” It’s always good to share ideas, and to partner with people who can help you and whom you can help.

BE LIKE MARIA

RAPPLER CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MARIA RESSA

“Do not accept the world you see today. We can solve old problems in new ways.” Find your allies – because you can’t do this alone.
“The courage of leadership is personal.” It is showing up, being there, committing to do the difficult, repetitive tasks and having the courage to do the right thing even when it isn’t what you want to do.
”The only constant is change, and the rate of change is accelerating.” If you only learn and follow today’s “best practices,” you’ve already failed because it will lead to a dead end.

BE LIKE RAJO

RAJO LAUREL GROUP OF COMPANIES PRESIDENT & CREATIVE DIRECTOR, RAJO LAUREL

“Never settle. Go beyond your comfort zone.” Stay determined to be better, to grow stronger, and dream bigger. Your pace may be slow, but it's sure-footed.
“Evolve but retain your authenticity.” You have to reinvent and grow. But while you evolve, you must be able to remain authentic to who you are.
“Set aside time in solitude to re-energize.” You need to both inhale and exhale, in order to be more effective. You can’t keep exhaling and expect something good to come out of it.

WE ALL KNOW EMPLOYEES ARE THE FUEL IN ANY BUSINESS, and no business is successful without the right people who are capable of doing their jobs, and those who would be loyal to you. Below are some insights about employee health and how it relates to employee productivity and overall retention.

REMEMBER, health is wealth!

Improving employee productivity in sickness & in health

6x

Loss of worker productivity

Studies show that each day of absence due to illness is equivalent to almost 6 times lost worker productivity per year.

52%

ABSENTEEISM RATE

Work-related stress in the Philippines has increased absenteeism to about 52%.

8-10

Hours

Employees can do 8 to 10 hours of meaningful work a day, but need to take breaks every hour and a half to remain productive.

140

Hours

Healthy workers are able to produce 140 “effective working hours” per month as compared to unhealthy workers who can only produce 45 “effective working hours”.

There are also some mobile apps to help your daily work load. Apps for general productivity, time tracking, managing projects, team communication, etc. These apps will help you boost productivity and efficiency so you can let go of outdated processes. Real-time data sharing, cloud storage & virtual communications don’t only make work accessible virtually anywhere, it also boosts productivity, efficiency and team morale.

HOW CAN WE HELP?

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Growing Your Business

The mid-business life dilemma

FAST TIPS

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there’s nothing more fullfilling than your own blooming business, SO TAKE advice from SOME of the most SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENUERS who started just like you. :)

BE LIKE BILL

MICROSOFT CO-FOUNDER, BILL GATES

BE LIKE STEVE

APPLE FOUNDER, STEVE JOBS

BE LIKE MARK

FACEBOOK FOUDNER & CEO, MARK ZUCKERBERG

BE LIKE REESE

RAGS2RICHES PRESIDENT & FOUNDING PARTNER, REESE FERNANDEZ-RUIZ

BE LIKE MARIA