Twenty One Principles for True Success

By Mike McLoughlin,
Youth With A Mission, Marketplace Mission
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I. Most of All, Succeed in Love
  • Love God with all your Heart, Mind, Soul and Strength.
  • Love your Neighbor as You Love Yourself.
  • Love what you Do and Do it with all your Heart.
II. Understand Your Purpose
  • Serve God First in Business NOT Money.
  • Serve the Interests of Others in Business as you would Serve your own Interests.
III. Commit Your Plans to God
  • Guard your Heart and Grasp Not.
  • Plan by Principle not by Practice.
  • Pray then Plan, Plan then Pray.
IV. Conduct Becoming of A Christian
  • Honest to God, Honest to Others.
  • True to your Word, Worthy of Trust.
  • Whatever is Right is Just and Whatever is Just is Fair.
  • Shrewd as a Snake, but Innocent as a Dove.
V. Exalted by Faithfulness
  • Faith Works.
  • Faith Risks It All for Righteousness.
  • Faithful in a little, Faithful with a lot.
VI. Source for Eternity
  • Count the Cost: Budget before you Build, Factor before you Fight.
  • Budget for that which Counts.
  • An Eternal Return is Worth a Temporal Risk.
VII. Serve Your People
  • Be Ready to Serve.
  • What's Fair is Fair.
  • Work for those Who work for You.
From Success in the Marketplace Seminar.

 

Thirty Six Steps to Business Success in the Marketplace

I. PURPOSE - Six Steps to Success in Business:
  • 1. Discover your purpose.
  • 2. Plan your business carefully.
  • 3. Be prepared to work hard.
  • 4. Stay with it and persevere through difficulty.
  • 5. Proceed in wisdom.
  • 6. Honor God in money and time.
II. PLANNING - Six Steps to Planning A Successful Small Business:
  • 1. Start with an examination.
  • 2. Decide what kind of business.
  • 3. Do your research.
  • 4. Calculate how much money you need.
  • 5. Set realistic goals.
  • 6. Develop a written business plan.
III. MARKETING - The Six "P's" of Marketing Success:
  • 1. Person Number One: The Customer.
  • 2. Product.
  • 3. Price.
  • 4. Place.
  • 5. Promotion & Sales.
  • 6. Person Number Two: The Seller.
IV. MANAGING - The Six Honest Working Men of Management Success:
  • 1. WHY? The Business Mission.
  • 2. WHAT? The Business Plan.
  • 3. WHEN? The Business Calendar
  • 4. WHO? The Business Organization.
  • 5. WHERE? The Business Location.
  • 6. HOW? The Business Financial Budget.
V. BUDGETING - Six Steps to Successful Budgets:
  • 1. Gather the information.
  • 2. Make the necessary assumptions.
  • 3. Prepare the budget.
  • 4. Organize & implement the budget.
  • 5. Evaluate the budget.
  • 6. Watch the cash flow.
VI. STAFFING - Six Steps to Successful Staffing:
  • 1. Define the position before you hire the person.
  • 2. Recruit the right person.
  • 3. Clearly define the employment expectations.
  • 4. Conduct a regular performance appraisal.
  • 5. Discipline with due process.
  • 6. Commend with consistency.
From Planning a Successful Small Business to the Glory of God and to the Good of Mankind.

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