7 bad business habits you need to avoid by geoffrey byruch

7 BAD BUSINESS HABITS YOU NEED
T O AV O I D

BY GEOFFREY BYRUCH


AS AN ENTREPRENEUR, YOUR JOB IS
N O T T O S I M P LY R U N A B U S I N E S S , B U T
TO EMBODY THE ESSENCE AND
CHARACTERISTICS OF A LEADER.
T O B E A L E A D E R , Y O U N E E D T O H AV E
A SPECIFIC SET OF CHARACTERISTICS.
YOU NEED TO BE BOLD, FUTURISTIC,
O R G A N I Z E D , A N D M O S T I M P O R TA N T LY
I N S P I R AT I O N A L .


B U T W H AT H A P P E N S W H E N M O R A L E I S L O W ? W H AT H A P P E N S
W H E N T H I N G S D O N O T G O Y O U R W AY ?
F O R M A N Y O F U S , W E N E E D T O A C K N O W L E D G E T H E F A C T T H AT
W E A R E H U M A N . W E O F T E N M A K E M I S TA K E S .
T H E K E Y T O T H I S I S T O N O T R E P E AT T H E M . I T I S Y O U R J O B T O
B U I L D U P O N T H E S E FA I L U R E S A N D M A K E T H E M I N T O W I N D O W S
O F O P P O R T U N I T Y.


BELOW YOU WILL FIND
SEVEN BAD BUSINESS
HABITS YOU WILL NEED
TO FIX IF YOU WANT TO
BE SUCCESSFUL.

INTERNALIZE AND
REFLECT UPON THESE
M I S TA K E S A N D S E E H O W
YOU CAN CHANGE FOR
THE BETTERMENT AS A
WHOLE.


1 . TA K I N G Y O U R A N G E R
O R I R R I TAT I O N O N
COLLEAGUES OR CLIENTS
• Expressing your anger and irrationality in an

inappropriate way either to your colleagues
or your clients can hinder the success,
morale, and culture of your business.

• To avoid this type of confrontation, you must

teach yourself healthy ways how to handle
those challenges.

• Ask yourself various questions: Why did this

happen? What could I have done to prevent
this? How can we build upon this problem?
What are various solutions? This type of
positive and strategic thinking will give you
an edge in coming up with quick viable
solutions that you can leverage for the future.

2. YOU FOCUS ON THE
N E G AT I V E S R AT H E R
THAN THE POSITIVES

A S S TAT E D A B O V E , Y O U W I L L
A L W AY S F A C E V A R I O U S U P S - A N D DOWNS IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL
GAME. ONE BAD HABIT YOU
S H O U L D AV O I D I S F O C U S I N G O N
W H AT G O E S W R O N G T H AT W H AT
G O E S R I G H T I N T H E D AY.
F O C U S I N G O N N E G AT I V E
OCCURRENCES WILL CAUSE AN
I N C R E A S E I N S T R E S S , A N X I E T Y,
AND PRESSURE. THIS CAN OFTEN
L E A D T O N E G AT I V E
CONSEQUENCES SUCH AS VERBAL
C O N F R O N TAT I O N , L A C K O F
F O C U S , A N D L A C K O F S L E E P.
WHEN RUNNING A NEW BUSINESS,
Y O U N E E D T O U N D E R S TA N D T H AT
THE BUSINESS SUCCESS IS A SLOW
PROCESS. AS MUCH AS YOU WANT
T O F O C U S O N T H E N E G AT I V E S ,
SEE THEM AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SUCCESS. IN ADDITION, GO
BEYOND YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF
N E G AT I V E S A N D V I E W T H E
P O S I T I V E S T H R O U G H O U T T H E D AY.

3 . F A I L I N G T O C O M M U N I C AT E W I T H
EMPLOYEES OR CUSTOMERS
E V E RY S U C C E S S F U L L E A D E R I S
A B L E T O C O M M U N I C AT E O N A
VA S T A M O U N T O F L E V E L S .
ANY TYPE OF LACK OF
C O M M U N I C AT I O N C A N L E A D T O
M I S U N D E R S TA N D I N G A N D
N E G AT I V E O U T C O M E S .
M A K E S U R E T H AT W H E N Y O U
ARE RUNNING YOUR BUSINESS
T H AT Y O U A R E A B L E T O
C O M M U N I C AT E O N A
CONSISTENT BASIS.
MAKE THOSE AROUND YOU FEEL
VA L U E D A N D R E C O G N I Z E D .


4. TOO BUSY
TO SLEEP

W E H AV E A L L B E E N T H E R E , I T
IS 3:00 AM AND YOU ARE STILL
BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL.
AS MUCH AS WE CAN THINK
WE ARE BACK IN COLLEGE
S T U D Y I N G F O R T H AT 1 0 1
ECONOMICS EXAM, WE NEED

TO BE REALISTIC.
T H E M O S T I M P O R TA N T T H I N G
Y O U C A N D O I S TA K E C A R E O F
Y O U R S E L F.
A GOOD RESTFUL SLEEP CAN
MAKE THE BIGGEST
DIFFERENCE IN YOUR
PERFORMANCE.


5. IGNORING MOBILE MARKETING
REGARDLESS OF YOUR
I N D U S T R Y, M O B I L E
MARKETING SHOULD BE A
PA R T O F Y O U R M A R K E T I N G
PLANS.
OFTENTIMES, MOST SMALL
B U S I N E S S E S D O N O T H AV E
MOBILE-OPTIMIZED SITES.
T H I S L E AV E S Y O U R
BUSINESS WITH A LOST
OPPORTUNITY TO THE
MILLIONS AMERICANS WHO
USE THEIR SMARTPHONES
E V E R Y S I N G L E D AY.


6 . N O T M A I N TA I N I N G
YOUR WEBSITE

• With a million things on your plate, why would your website matter?
• When we think about Google, we want to think about search engine rankings.
• Keeping your site relevant with rich, organic, and unique content such as

articles, videos, photos, or blogs will allow your business’s site to move higher
over time.
• Keep in mind, your online maintenance is a process. Make sure you are

consistent with this.


7 . O N LY T H I N K I N G
ABOUT TOMORROW
• As much as we care about the present-day

figures, make sure you are planning long
term.

• Short term planning is incredibly beneficial

especially when you are dealing with the dayto-day task of operations and management.

• But if you do not set aside time to think

about the future of your company, you may
just be setting yourself up for failure.

• Make sure you think about future goals. Go

ahead five months, one years, five years into

the future and see where you want your
company to be.