Soar to Success December 2018

%\ -DFN .OHPH\HU Yes, you are right, it is a strange title for an article, but there is a very relevant message for business owners and entrepreneurs in that silly title. Let me explain. It seems that lately I have seen the XQIRUWXQDWH VTXLUUHO ćDWWHQHG LQ the street more than usual. Maybe it is because I have been working on this article in my head for some time and maybe it is because the squirrel does not quite know how to cross the road. You have seen it. Mr. Squirrel decides to run across the road. Maybe it is the thought of all the nuts buried just 30 feet across the asphalt. He begins to run, and then stops. Maybe he thinks there might be nuts closer on his side of the road without having to risk running across the asphalt gauntlet. Then he returns to the original idea and takes a moment to weigh the risk versus reward and that is when our friend Mr. Squirrel meets Mrs. Michelin, or Mr. Firestone or Mr. Goodyear and that is the end of Mr. Squirrel. Then there is the story of Nik Wallenda. He, like our dearly departed friend, Mr. Squirrel, likes to cross things. Who knows exactly why, but he and his entire family are famous for it. In contrast to Mr. 6TXLUUHO 1LN VHWV RXW ZLWK D GHĆQLWH plan. He has the contingencies and the what-ifs all planned out in the event there is a wind that blows up just as he hits the midway point, like in his latest crossing of the Grand Canyon. To Nik, there is 62$5 72 68&&(66 / December 2018 / Business Acceleration Strategies 6 Things To Learn From Squirrels In The Road and Nik Wallenda