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

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:15:09 +0000

Yaro – loved your article. I run a pet sitting business and still work full time. On many occasions I have found myself treading water and not getting out there to continue to market my business.

I have found that having a life or business coach working with me to push me and keep me focused has helped me to work through process of taking on contractors to take over my daily tasks. Having someone to keep me accountable and set goals keeps me swimming!

By: Never the Same River Twice

Never the Same River Twice — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:46:47 +0000

This is a great reminder, Yaro. I’ve definitely been treading water for the past week. Time to get some new articles up on the blog!

By: Josh Mullineaux

Josh Mullineaux — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:55:15 +0000

Awesome post! Planning to get busy and having the right people in place are key elements to insure success and growth. Always improving and innovating are necessary to truly develop and grow your brand/business.

By: Small Business Lessons

Small Business Lessons — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:48:00 +0000

Great article. I’ve recently began feeling like I’m winding down on some of my projects.
Need to rethink my tasks.

By: ejoe

ejoe — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:48:41 +0000

great article! I actually at that exact point where i’m scaling down by consulting hours in order to start selling products online. I’ve been reading up on information through worldwidebrands.com and other websites and thinking about what service to use.

I plan to work hard at it so I will be constantly “swimming”. But we’ll see.

-ejoe

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By: Adnan

Adnan — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:13:45 +0000

Great article Yaro. I can definitely associate the laziness I have with writing blog articles to treading water, as I feel that although I’m not drowning under comments and linkbacks, I’m not going anywhere either. Definitely something to think about!