I’ve been coaching some entrepreneurs recently about finding ways to maintain their spirit while adopting several proven business practices. These “cats” (Monk’s term) have been following their dreams, creating new companies and industries, employing lots of employees, and inspiring others to take chances. But, in their drive to create their new business, they deferred implementing some prudent practices like formal strategic planning, appropriate organizational structures, and good HR policies and practices. These “cats” are dedicated to their ideas AND now realize their responsibility to investors, customers and employees to make their companies as good as they can and need to be. All entrepreneurs are creative, refreshing and thought provoking: they challenge those around them to look at things differently… which in today competitive world is a must. That’s what it takes to be successful. Remember: take chances as you seek to find new and creative ways to do things, but support them with the things that help good ideas succeed. Don’t be afraid to blend the new with the tried and true today.
Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917 – 1982): American jazz pianist and composer
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