If you’re used to seeing hotels only as places to rest and relax, you’ll be wondering what on earth this title means. And if you never go into hotels, you might be wondering too! But where you do different kinds of work is really important in how it gets conducted.
Usually your main place of work is where you do the nitty gritty of your service, that is, the actual delivery of it. This may be seeing clients, but it may also be the place where you promote yourself from, and do the administration of your business. Even if you have two locations for these different activities, they are places from which you do very specific types of work. But they are not the places from where you should be doing your big picture, forward planning.
This is because this ‘wider view’ kind of thinking requires a very different energy and focus from that which you use every day on delivering your service. It requires you to move away from detail and towards expansive ideas and broad brush strokes – quite a different mindset to that used on an everyday basis. To really facilitate bigger thinking, therefore, you’ll benefit greatly by removing yourself from your usual workplace situation, and going somewhere else. Wherever you choose, I recommend it is that makes you feel rich! This last bit is important as it helps to create the successful context out of which you’ll do your big picture thinking.
The point of this is that taking yourself out of your normal, everyday situation helps to facilitate this kind of wider thinking because you’re not distracted by the hundreds of details waiting for your attention, and your mind will respond to the greater freedom around you. Plus, if you decide to sit in a hotel lobby you usually get great coffee served, and the plush surroundings can help to make you feel rich!
I do this regularly, and I’ve tried out many different kinds of venues. My preference is the lobby of large hotels – they are impersonal, and allow me to really engage with where I want the business to go, the direction I want to take to get there, and a broad outline of how it might happen. So next time you need to think about the strategic direction of your business, try a different location and discover how it can become a true friend for you.
I have used the principles I write about here in RichThinkers to bring about all kinds of things in my life, including running a successful counselling practice and health clinic business. Coming from a place of inspiration has enabled me to bring meaning and magic into all that I do, and my background in psychotherapy and counselling, combined with practical business skills, means I am uniquely positioned to help you in both the inner and the outer levels of success. (more…)
How your workplace and a hotel are essential to your business
If you’re used to seeing hotels only as places to rest and relax, you’ll be wondering what on earth this title means. And if you never go into hotels, you might be wondering too! But where you do different kinds of work is really important in how it gets conducted.
Usually your main place of work is where you do the nitty gritty of your service, that is, the actual delivery of it. This may be seeing clients, but it may also be the place where you promote yourself from, and do the administration of your business. Even if you have two locations for these different activities, they are places from which you do very specific types of work. But they are not the places from where you should be doing your big picture, forward planning.
This is because this ‘wider view’ kind of thinking requires a very different energy and focus from that which you use every day on delivering your service. It requires you to move away from detail and towards expansive ideas and broad brush strokes – quite a different mindset to that used on an everyday basis. To really facilitate bigger thinking, therefore, you’ll benefit greatly by removing yourself from your usual workplace situation, and going somewhere else. Wherever you choose, I recommend it is that makes you feel rich! This last bit is important as it helps to create the successful context out of which you’ll do your big picture thinking.
The point of this is that taking yourself out of your normal, everyday situation helps to facilitate this kind of wider thinking because you’re not distracted by the hundreds of details waiting for your attention, and your mind will respond to the greater freedom around you. Plus, if you decide to sit in a hotel lobby you usually get great coffee served, and the plush surroundings can help to make you feel rich!
I do this regularly, and I’ve tried out many different kinds of venues. My preference is the lobby of large hotels – they are impersonal, and allow me to really engage with where I want the business to go, the direction I want to take to get there, and a broad outline of how it might happen. So next time you need to think about the strategic direction of your business, try a different location and discover how it can become a true friend for you.