We all want to be the best at what we do and some of us already are but there are always improvements we can make which make us better, quicker, nicer, easier to deal with, easier to talk and so on.

I’ve seen so many businesses that like what they do and never change. They sit and slow stagnate being left behind by all their competition whilst they are moving forwards.

Now I can’t hire 10 more developers, expand the office, increase my sales team and training over night. But what I can do is make more subtle changes.

Every week, I target 2 improvements a week, and I keep them in a list to review to ensure that months on, I’m still sticking to them. My logic is that with 10 developers, I’d need a suitable way of organising our clients and contacts which can be easily understood by anyone accessing their information. So rather than tackling this when I’m busy interviewing, I have a simple online/offline filing system which is already in use and easy to work with.

This week, I’ve implemented a better time-management structure to keep time-wasting to a minimum. I’ve also added a pdf feature to my web editing suite. One improvement to my processes, one to my main product.

If I keep improving, no matter how slight, then I will never become stagnant, keep moving forward and by the end of every year, I will have improved 104 things in my business/life and products, a dramatic improvement!

Steadily moving forwards is less risk and easier than leaping forwards, like the hare and the tortoise.

• What can you improve on now?
• Is your filing system not as useful as it once was?
• Are you spending too much time on Ecademy?
• Do you find the last hour of every day the least productive?
• Are your products as good as they could be?
• Is your website/promotional literature/Ecademy profile up to date? Does it really sell you?
• Is your desk a mess? Could you find a way of being more organised?
• Do your staff have the right training?
• Do they have any suggestions for improvements within the company?