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Running Your Business Sanity Saving Ideas for Your Small Business Save Your Sanity With a New Outlook Take time to appreciate the forest even when you feel lost among the trees with these uplifting bits of philosophy. The following tips were suggested by Mattie Lawson, an Idea Cafe Regular: Apply the 80/20 Principle. The 80/20 principle has been scientifically proven - but not scientifically explained - as being applicable in all aspects of our life. Loosely defined, this principle says 80% of results come from 20% of effort or causes. Determine the vital 20% (sales, customers, services, etc.) that contribute the most to your business' success. Then, ignore or delegate the remaining trivial 80% so you can focus on the work that provides the most benefit for you. Let Your Plan Inspire You. When you get discouraged, think about how blessed you are to have the opportunity to own your own business. It is the dream of so many but successfully accomplished by so few. The primary reason businesses fail is because of a poor business plan. If you have a good plan, follow it with confidence. Be Inspired by Others. To be where you are today, your loved ones and many business people believed in your ability. Let that faith in you become your inspiration to hang in there for one more day. And, allow yourself to be inspired by those who will follow in your footsteps and learn from you - from your mistakes and from your failures. Back to Running Your Business at Idea Cafe Enter your search terms Submit search form       Search Idea Cafe Web Small Business Tax Center • Idea Cafe Home • Sign Up • Biz Grant Center • CyberSchmooz •Coffee Talk with Experts • People in Biz Profiles • Starting Your Biz • Biz Planning • Running Your Biz • FREE Trade Publications • Marketing • Financing Your Biz • Human Resources • Legal & Biz Forms • Managing Your Biz • eCommerce • You and Your Biz • Gen X • Work@Home • The Fridge • De-Stress • Send an Award • Send an eGreeting • Yoga @ Your Desk • Web Guide • Idea Cafe in the News • About Idea Cafe • Advertise on Idea Cafe • Contact Us • Privacy Policy • Site Map • Small Biz News Copyright 1995-2009, DevStart, Inc. Downloads are for personal use only, not for resale to others, and may not be reprinted in any form without written permission from DevStart, Inc. DISCLAIMER: We hope whatever you find on this site is helpful, but be cautioned that it may not apply to your own situation, or be totally current at any given time. DevStart Inc. and all of its current and past experts, sponsors, advertisers, agents, contractors and advisors disclaim all warranties with regard to anything found anywhere on this family of websites, quoted from, or sent from DevStart, Inc. and its related sites, publications and companies. We also take no responsibility for comments published by others on these pages. TRADEMARKS: The following are Registered Trademarks or Servicemarks of DevStart, Inc.: Idea Cafe®, Online Coffee Break®, The Small Business Gathering Place®, Take out Info®, Biz Bar & Grill®, Complaint-O-Meter®, A Fun Approach to Serious Business™, CyberSchmooz™, and BizCafe™.