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When did we start settling for “just o.k.” or “good enough” or “less than stellar quality” or living in a disposable world become acceptable?

My husband and I were talking about this yesterday in regards to our now third Hamilton Beach coffee maker that has “bit the dust” in the last year and a half. Seriously, how often should one have to buy a coffee pot? Except for the glass pot itself, the rest of it is plastic, so I suppose we can send it to recycling?

Rather than buy yet another new coffee maker, I brought out my grandmother’s 1950(ish) stove top stainless steel, perculator coffee pot and we made coffee the “old-fashioned” way. I tell you, it was the best cup of hot coffee I’ve tasted in a long time.

To say that time flies when you are a small business owner is an understatement.

My daughter is going to be 8 years old this year. She was just an infant when I began this journey. My sons, will be graduating from grad-school and college in May. They are ROTC cadets who will become commissioned officers in the United States Army… all within 2 weeks of each other. Who knows where they will be this time next year.

In the blink of an eye, kids grow up.

If you’ve seen the movie “Cars”, released by Pixar in 2006, not only it is very funny, (gotta love Mater) but the message and inspiration for making this movie is something we all need to pay attention to. If you haven’t seen the movie, you should.

Do you have a disaster recovery plan for your business?

Your small business protection should be treated just as seriously as how big companies treat this issue.

Whether you live in a hurricane zone like Florida, or experience tornado’s of the Midwest, or fires and earthquakes out west, it is imperative that you make sure you prepare your business is prepared and has a solid plan of action in place to be able to recover.

I can’t stress this enough.

You have too much invested in your business to not be prepared.

You absolutely must have a plan of action in place NOW before an emergency strikes in order to rebuild with peace of mind later knowing you have all your “ducks in a row.”

We’ll be introducing and releasing “Small Business Recovery - How to Prepare Your Business for a Disaster” very soon.