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Systems are critical to your business success. While you might get along for a little while just taking care of business tasks on the fly, soon enough you’ll find yourself frazzled and frustrated. A systems approach helps. Here are five business systems to set up now.

The older I get, the more convinced I am that the human species is fundamentally lazy. Yes, that comment will likely annoy or even outrage some people out there who consider themselves productivity machines.

Ok, so I was reading Brian Clark’s Copyblogger post today and Brian had a link to Chris Brogan’s blog post 100 Blog Topics I Hope YOU Write. In Chris’ list I found #8-Ways to Save a Bad Time at a Conference. Now, I’ve been to many, many trade shows and conferences over the years. Many are great. But sometimes you and the conference just don’t click for some reason. What do you do when you’re stuck there for two, three, or even four days?

One of the biggest problems facing any of us who work at home, stems from our very nature.

Our independence.
The Myth

I think at first, we all feel that being independent means never having to ask for help. After all, you’re in business now and you should know how to tackle everything. That’s the whole point of starting a small business, right?

Wrong.

As much as you’d like to honor your inner control freak, it’s rare to be able to run any business completely by yourself.