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Sweet or bitter taste

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In the Fitpro business environment - as in many other industries - you have to position yourself and your business when it comes to prices -we all know that -and if you have not yet ...now better then never  :) This is not to say that you should be rigid & inflexible about it. Ask yourself this question: Do you want to leave a bitter taste in your customers' and business colleagues' / suppliers' mouth? or would rather leave them with a sweet taste and have them come back ask for more ? Sometimes, I believe one has to learn to be flexible when it comes to prices / deals. We are not saying to go beyond what you can afford to give but reducing beyond your profit but we are talking about allowing space for a happy compromise. Both parties should feel happy about the final deal. Your reputation as a business might be affected as well if you are not ready to compromise: these clients / customers might buy from you once but in the end - by leaving them "a...

Sounds such a "cliché" ...

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Sounds such a "cliché" ... You have probably have heard this one so many times, at a self-development seminar or in a book or even in one of those daily inspirational positive social posts... "Whatever life may send your way...make the best of it!" Well I believe it is true, on so many different levels ! What I mean by that is you or someone in your family or friends probably has gone through some life-changing hardship and and this is when you could say that "Life makes you" of "Breaks you". But what it really means is : what can you learn from it all ? Will it help you do things differently next time round - if a similar situation happens ? Hopefully you will do things differently - as this is where the "learning from your mistakes" comes into the picture. Will you be able to help someone in a similar situation and give them advice, guidance and support ? This appeals to your fellow-man-ship ...hopefully you would ! ...