Comments on: Are You Drowning, Treading Water or Swimming?

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:07:08 +0000

Yaro,

Well spoken. You simply cannot do it all! Marketing, CSR, accounting, sales and more. I know the feeling of drowning all too well and now I see how detrimental this can be for our business. I will definitely look for ways to outsource. Growth takes a lot of creativity and clarity. I love reading your articles, they are so down to earth and understandable. Thank you for putting them in an easy to follow format. I also suffer from information overload at this time:)

Together we CAN make a difference
Linda

By: Franck Silvestre

Franck Silvestre — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:52:45 +0000

Awesome, it was really well written. I’m waiting for the next part. I hope there is one?

Franck

By: Steve Last

Steve Last — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:16:24 +0000

Much internet opportunity sales copy is taken up by statements like; “Just 2 hours work a week”, “Earn money and go on holiday”. No doubt this sells, but it has always seemed a strange concept to adopt when starting a business, to me.

So, reading your article really makes sense to me. A developing business will become more complex unless one keeps in mind the ultimately essential aim of clarity in the need to keep “swimming”.

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By: Henri van den Hoof

Henri van den Hoof — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:21:01 +0000

Inspirational article with excellent timing for my current personal situation. Love the swimming/treading water/drowning analogy which really hits home. I guess when I would continue ‘treading water’ at some point you get tired and just drown… Thanks for the inspirational boost

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By: Yaro

Yaro — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:08:25 +0000

Glad everyone liked this article.

Miketoast – many of my articles overlap in ideas. Since I have a constantly refreshing readership I don’t think it’s a bad thing to cover previous topics in different ways – I need reminders myself.

Good idea about an article about how to isolate the treading water tasks and change them to swimming tasks – I might write it if I can think of enough content.

By: milketoast marketer parts

milketoast marketer parts — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:29:04 +0000

You’ve written about this before Yaro … seems a bit rehashed, with all due respect. How about some advice on getting beyond the treading water part of the business?

Regards
Milketoast marketer parts

By: Mindful Entrepreneur

Mindful Entrepreneur — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:07:46 +0000

Great metaphor!

The best way to keep swimming forward is to have great vision, both short- and long-term.

If you have a reason to swim, you will always do whatever it takes to stay afloat and continue moving towards your goal!

-Jason