Life is a marathon, plan your business development activities accordingly

My husband ran the Boston Marathon on Monday. Even as a spectator, it was a pretty amazing experience. Steve finished with a PR of 2:50:26, placing him 646 overall out of 27,000 runners. He smiled the whole time he was running.

Training for the race was time consuming. He qualified last October at the Chicago marathon. Since then, he’s had a plan in place that included weekly running goals for mileage and for time, group runs with friends who have more race experience than he does, and weekly visits to an active release therapist to help keep him healthy.

He did this while balancing work and family obligations. It was hard work, but he set a goal and was determined to see it through.

One of the biggest excuses I hear about marketing and business development is that there is not enough time. I say excuse not because I don’t think people are busy. We are. We all have demands on our time and we have to prioritize.

But time is a funny thing. There is never enough of it. But when you really want something, you’ll find a way to do it. You can find away to make it to your kid’s ball game. You can find a way to write that article for an industry publication. You can find a time to take your client to lunch.

And once you do all of that, you can think about running a marathon. After all, isn’t that what life is anyway?

 

Posted on April 22, 2011 in Business Development, General, Marketing

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