Just recently I have had to make some very tough and far reaching decisions about the business and the direction I wanted to go in. I spent a great deal of time considering the implications, weighing up the benefits and pitfalls as well as making sure I kept my eye on the “bigger issue”
Through this process it was a struggle at time to ensure that my decision was based purely on the business rather than allow my emotional side creep in. I found that in the latter scenario, my head started to be ruled by my heart and I was swaying towards a choice that would be great as a person but not so good for the business.
The moral is to ensure that any decision you make for your business should only be based on factors directly to the business. The minute you allow an emotion to cloud your judgement, the odds are the business will lose; and when the aforementioned business provides your livelihood, this could be disastrous…