{"id":9848,"date":"2022-05-24T10:13:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datcomllc.com\/?p=9848"},"modified":"2022-05-24T10:13:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:13:54","slug":"accept-failure-as-essential-to-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/24\/accept-failure-as-essential-to-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Accept Failure as Essential to Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s no secret to seasoned entrepreneurs that making mistakes is essential to business success. The real secret is how to overcome the personal struggle to pick yourself up and try again. The ability to face your mistakes and overcome obstacles is what distinguishes people as real entrepreneurs.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Elon Musk said that being an entrepreneur is like eating glass, and yet he has found a way to wake up every day and take another bite. Dr. Sam Collins says that, although it takes guts and resilience, she learned how to do it with ease, peace, and serenity. Each has figured out their own way to press on.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Author <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/elainepofeldt\/2021\/08\/31\/a-million-dollar-business-owner-unlocks-the-systems-and-processes-that-helped-him-scale\/?sh=56e1ea34188a\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jaime Jay<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> doesn\u2019t use the word \u201cfailure\u201d because he refuses to believe that <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is a failure. Failed projects and failed businesses? Sure. But he cherishes the lessons he learned with every mistake. He discovered the sheer joy of breaking down systems and processes at his business to build them back up again. That attitude makes his personal and work relationships thrive. And thriving relationships are productive, whether establishing a home or a business.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A business is bigger than a person and it requires deeper analysis and more effort to improve. Nevertheless, when individual leaders courageously and doggedly examine the business and take calculated risks, they eventually succeed while those who are too afraid to question their processes experience more devastating failures.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Take Time to Uncover Inefficiencies<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of the biggest obstacles to overcome is the perception that there is too little time and money on hand to make critical changes. You may feel that it\u2019s a waste of resources. Not so. Accepting the possibility that something isn\u2019t optimal and taking time to fix it means that you are using your resources responsibly.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Every business has hidden inefficiencies called shadow processes. Particularly, shadow processes lie where we cannot describe in detail how we get things done. Some employees even take pride in the fact that they don\u2019t follow a written process or workflow. As if being in the dark all the time and barely squeaking by is admirable! Another source of inefficiency is that employees will solve a new problem and neglect to document how they reached a solution.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If we must figure out the same process twice, we are doing unnecessary work. Documenting a process takes time. But doing research every time that circumstance arises wastes more time, overall.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is the basic message of Jaime Jay\u2019s book, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quit-Repeating-Yourself-Processes-Business\/dp\/1636767400\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Quit Repeating Yourself<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The book provides a way for business leaders to build a habit of documenting processes and workflows so that they and their workers can spend less time wandering around in the shadows. He offers actionable steps for becoming more efficient and reliable as an organization. It\u2019s the nitty-gritty of reaching your dreams. If you are passionate about your calling, you must be diligent about the practical details.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Time To Grow<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Redesigning your processes is worth your time, but what if you had a helper who didn\u2019t cost your business anything? That\u2019s where powerful new business automation tools such as DPA come into play. Data Processing Automation is a new, but unknown business growth hack poised to make a big impact in small and medium businesses.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Using a simple discovery process, EfficientMe captures repetitive, mundane tasks of your workers and automates them using the powerful automation design tool, ElectroNeek. It costs you nothing out of pocket because DatCom takes a modest commission from the profits you uncover with automation. You get an immediate, positive impact on cashflow.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What happens next is critical. DPA creates time for businesses to grow. EfficientME combines business automation with 2 powerful services designed to maximize the impact of automation. These 3 services work together to produce a synergistic effect. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">DPA<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> helps you find time to cross-train and enhance your employees with <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Staff Enhancement<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> so that you can redeploy them. They also learn how to think like business-minded people so that they can help uncover areas of inefficiency with <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Business Process Optimization<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. EfficientME is a unique solution where automation is only the beginning!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What mistakes have helped you reach your business goals?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s no secret to seasoned entrepreneurs that making mistakes is essential to business success. The real secret is how to overcome the personal struggle to pick yourself up and try again. The ability to face your mistakes and overcome obstacles is what distinguishes people as real entrepreneurs.\u00a0\u00a0 Elon Musk said that being an entrepreneur is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}