Our Environment Controls Our Results

This Week with Sara Fitts takes a look at results - and what causes some results to be better than others. While reading Reposition Yourself by Bishop T. D. Jakes, he writes "Environment has so much to do with results." As I reflected on that quote, what came to me is this: We can control our results by controlling our environment. While some things in our environment cannot be changed, we definitely have the power to change a lot of things within our environment - our business or personal environment.

In our business environment we can design a supportive environment. We can surround ourselves with positive, supportive people as well as structures for success that will help us focus on the most important elements of our businesses. Here is a basic list of items that successful environments have:

• the best business plan we can develop
• the best staff we can assemble
• the best product/services we can deliver
• the best target market we can define
• the best location in which to grow our business
• the best support structures to include software, hardware, technology, etc.
• the best communication system in order to solve any and all issues that distract from the work at hand - on any given day

Too many times we look at our results and wonder why we aren't doing better. And, too many times we never really consider the real reason for less than optimal results. I think the key lies in the environment. Whether our results are good or bad, the environment in which we work determines to a great extent our success - or failure.

We can design the best environment for our success - and then we can create it. While a great deal of work must go into this process, it really is a simple process at its basic level. Here are some questions that can get us thinking about the kind of environment we really want to create in order to get the best results possible:

• What is the vision for this business?
• What is the purpose of this business?
• What are the 3 most important factors that we must have in order to get good results?
• What are the 3 key attributes of each employee that must be present in the environment?
• What are the 3 key attributes of each client or customer?
• What must we never have in our environment?
• How will we change when the need arises?
• How will we measure our results - and our overall success?

We can change our results by changing our environments - because our environment controls our results.

If you want to explore how you can improve your results, please contact Sara Fitts and schedule a one-on-one strategy session. She gets results for her clients. For more information please visit http://www.SLFConsulting.com or call 703.791.4741 today.