How do you define your business? By the products you offer? Your annual sales? The number of locations or employees? Those describe your business; they don’t define it. Your business is defined by why and how it exists. In other words, its purpose and principles. The purpose of business is to serve, and principles provide direction on how that is done. What is your business purpose? What are its guiding principles? PhilTakesSM are distributed once a week on LinkedIn, Facebook

Merriam-Webster defines business as: a : a usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood. b : a commercial or sometimes an industrial enterprise. Who defines your business? If it's not you, then it's somebody else. If it's somebody else, then it isn’t your business, is it? PhilTakesSM are distributed once a week on LinkedIn, Facebook and philyale.com. Review previous posts and locate additional information on the PhilTakes tab on philyale.com,

WTF. Whenever I hear business owners or experts share their success, ideas, systems, etc. and compare them to my business, I think WTF. Where’s the Fit for my business? It may work for their company, and even thousands of others, but that doesn’t mean it will work for mine. In fact, taking that approach to improve your business can have the opposite effect. Things can get worse – much worse. To avoid that scenario, I ask Where’s the Fit? Some business owners and operators use