The Write Success: Rework Your Business

Hey #Just Write!! Have you ever heard the saying "less is more?" Or what about the phrase, "work smarter, not harder?" I use to hear the latter mantra a lot at the restaurant job I had upon my move to Atlanta in 2008. I was already dealing with a rough season of getting adjusted to a new city, graduating during a recession, and just life happening. The last thing I needed at the time was my "bread and butter" as my father would say being affected. A dear friend in college once said that God made everything easy, it's us as people that make things difficult. I still believe that today. When it comes to business, the concept of less is more is intertwined throughout the book "ReWork" by authors Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson.

 

The book basically dives into concepts that many of us who never had examples of entrepreneurship before starting our own businesses. For example, the authors believe that what we were once taught is counterproductive to what is necessary for a successful business such as a need for a business plan, focus on competition, investors, increasing staff, and the need to be a workaholic. In all transparency, I followed no blueprint for my business. I spent years perfecting my craft and I saw a need which led to having clients. My previous clients, referrals, and partnerships were my marketing for me. No one really knew I was starting a business. I didn't even ask any close friends to invest in my business. The investors that I have encountered didn't put any money towards my business; they just deposited words of encouragement and knowledge for growth. I'm quite sure many of you who are reading this can also relate when it comes to business. Many of us were simply minding our busyness before God made a way for us to be about His business in the most unconventional way. I'm interested to know how this book "ReWork" speaks to this same unconventional definition of success. If you are interested as well, be sure to join us this month as we have Elder Craig Heath as our guest who will lead the conversation for our Book of the Month discussion. I pray that many of us have seen this pandemic as a blessing in disguise in terms of reworking our business plans and simply just thinking outside of the box. Don't forget to tune in to the discussion on April 27th at 6pm via Zoom (link will be posted in forthcoming Facebook event post within the Just Write group). 

In His service,

Lequvia Ousley