A heavenly new year’s resolution

Everyone who smokes, drinks too much or eats the wrong foods knows their behaviour should change. Trouble is, most people don’t do anything about it despite  the consequences. That is until the new year comes, when most delude themselves that this time they’ll tackle them (urged on by the populism of others’ new year’s resolutions) only to quickly fall back into their  old ways.

Well, according to St Bernard of Clairvaux, this is a kind of hell. For it was he who said a thousand years ago “L’enfer est plein de bonnes volontés et désirs” (hell is full of good wishes and desires). His point of course was that actions are more important than words, an idea behind  the proverb we know today“the road to hell is paved with good intentions”. 

So what are your business’s bad habits and what will you do differently this year? What actions will you take and by when?

Any time of year is a good time to reflect on such questions but new year is as good a time as any. And one practical way to go about this is to listen to what others have to say. Not only can they help improve things materially, once we understand how to improve the lives of others then there is more motivation to actually do something about it. And when we do, we get a little closer to heaven: that is, the place where our enterprise operates in a way that’s better for everyone involved.

Happy new year – may it be a prosperous one

Francis

PS: For more information about how WYS can put up a mirror and identify what your business’s bad habits are, please contact Francis on 07979 594093

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