[richard jagger]

I business there is leading from the front( by example) and leading from the back( leading by planning and been smart).The one has more risk, which begs the question." What if " your small staff go out on there own and steals all your clients.You will need some planning.What if your staff leave or even take an holiday or go of sick. Its the "what if plan" that will make you life a misery if not in place. We could call it plan B.

[Rogue Trader]

aha another management consultant masqerading as a window cleaner   ......

 i think the point of all this is that you run your business how you want to run it , most on here are one man

bands who dont expand because they dont want to , be it through fear or losing work , fear of denting

their reputation , fear of the extra admin / VAT threshold / expenses / being let down by staff / losing

control of their customer base / staff stealing customers from them / falling behind etc etc the list goes on.


I run my business how i want to because i had a business plan and i followed it. My business is exactly how

i want it and it suits me and Richie you should do the same , CIU is full of

people with an opionion but  you have gotta follow your own desires as you and only you are the master of

your own destiny , by

following every bit of advice from the w/c's who post on CIU is crazy cos everone want different things from

their business and maybe richie this is why your business is such a rollercoaster.

[richywilts]

iv ran my business to accomodate other people in the past and did try to expand rapidly but what happened last year things didnt go to plan, thats been and gone, as for me not working etc i will be going out cleaning etc but i have a little bit of work to build up thru the spring im going to leaflet drop and try and ask for referrals as canvassing has put me right off twice iv had two canvassing spells that have resulted in quite high numbers cancelling,

we have alot of gutter clear and cleans etc booked in thru march and april, andy knows i work hard when on the job so nop problems there.

[Dean Taberner]

You will have to learn to go to bed earlier mate and get up at stupid o'clock like myself.

[Cbs Cleaning]

The stress will turn you to drink

[AuRavelling79]

aha another management consultant masqerading as a window cleaner   ......

 i think the point of all this is that you run your business how you want to run it , most on here are one man

bands who dont expand because they dont want to , be it through fear or losing work , fear of denting

their reputation , fear of the extra admin / VAT threshold / expenses / being let down by staff / losing

control of their customer base / staff stealing customers from them / falling behind etc etc the list goes on.


I run my business how i want to because i had a business plan and i followed it. My business is exactly how

i want it and it suits me and Richie you should do the same , CIU is full of

people with an opionion but  you have gotta follow your own desires as you and only you are the master of

your own destiny , by

following every bit of advice from the w/c's who post on CIU is crazy cos everone want different things from their business and maybe richie this is why your business is such a rollercoaster.

D'you know, Rogue T - I may not warm to your style, but you have spoken a lot of sense in this thread.

[Nameless Drudge]

aha another management consultant masqerading as a window cleaner   ......

 i think the point of all this is that you run your business how you want to run it , most on here are one man

bands who dont expand because they dont want to , be it through fear or losing work , fear of denting

their reputation , fear of the extra admin / VAT threshold / expenses / being let down by staff / losing

control of their customer base / staff stealing customers from them / falling behind etc etc the list goes on.


I run my business how i want to because i had a business plan and i followed it. My business is exactly how

i want it and it suits me and Richie you should do the same , CIU is full of

people with an opionion but  you have gotta follow your own desires as you and only you are the master of

your own destiny , by

following every bit of advice from the w/c's who post on CIU is crazy cos everone want different things from their business and maybe richie this is why your business is such a rollercoaster.

D'you know, Rogue T - I may not warm to your style, but you have spoken a lot of sense in this thread.

I`ll second that,i`m impressed by Mr.Rogue identifying what are easily overcome fears once isolated.Missed out fear of working too hard though,which in my case is not so much of a fear,rather a terrible  sin.