Expect the unexpected

As the old saying goes, “Life happens when we are busy making plans”, and we have all experienced those moments in life and business when all our meticulous planning goes out of the window due to an unexpected event or occurrence. In truth, life never goes as planned - or very rarely. As entrepreneurs, it’s about being flexible enough to deal with the unexpected when it does inevitably happen. Whether it’s a supplier not delivering essential materials or projects to meet an important deadline; or your computer crashes with all your client and accounting data - do you have a back up plan?; or you get sick just before a big client pitch presentation - can your team cover for you and win that business without you? There will always be those unexpected curve balls that will upset your carefully made plans, but the trick is to expect the unexpected and not get derailed.