We’ve all heard stories of unconventional entrepreneurs taking the path less traveled to success. The challenge lies in finding practical ways to apply alternative strategies to your own business.
Terry Sims of the Garden Artist in Boise, Idaho, has taken her landscape design firm to the top of her field using smart strategies. And though these are landscapers we’re learning from, these strategies can certainly be adapted to a construction company.
Here are three of Terry’s helpful approaches:
When Terry decided she wanted to return to school to study horticulture, she was the first person to attend the University of Idaho landscape architecture remotely. To Terry, just because it hadn’t been done before didn’t mean it couldn’t be. Remember, just because something isn’t available to you, doesn’t mean it can’t be. If you have a good idea, be willing to pursue it and follow through.
Many business owners recognize the areas in which they don’t excel, and are happy to delegate associated duties to talented subordinates; a perfectly acceptable business strategy. However, if you feel crucial skills are missing to the extent it could make you less productive, take the bull by the horns and address the situation.
