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Protecting Your Biggest Asset Spoiler alert: Your company’s biggest asset is you! Make a New Year’s resolution to take better care of your health, which will help you take better care of your business over the long term BY ROGER MAGALHAES
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sitting in traffic), working long hours, not resting enough and hat would you consider the most important asnot eating properly. set for your business? The client base you have earned over the years? The location of your When I started as an installer 12 years ago (I showroom or workroom? Perwas 32 back then), I thought I was Superman. haps the brand-new company vehicle you I worked 15- to 18-hour days, had little sleep just bought? To me, the most invaluable asset Recent studies show and ate anything (aka fast/junk food). The next for your business is you. humans are living longer day I was refreshed and ready to do it again. due to enhancements in Perhaps you are a small operation like me and do almost everything, from answering quality of life, sanitation Eventually the price for such abuse caught up with me. My body started to feel the years of the phone to selling and installing (or fabriand medicine. Therefore, negligence and low maintenance. I started to cating), yourself. Maybe you have a team of it is wise to enhance your perform poorly and was not able to keep the people who work for you. body to keep up with the same speed or even do the same amount of work as I did in my first few years. I had back Regardless of the size of your company, we can agree that our industry demands a lot of extra years ahead of you. pain, neck pain, sleep deprivation and was getting distracted very easily. work from our bodies. If you are in a workroom, you’re sewing heavy pieces of fabrics. A few years ago, I decided to buy a package of 10 one-hour If you are a designer, you’re carrying bulky sample books into deep-tissue massage sessions. They were scheduled for Saturpeople’s homes and condos. If you’re an installer, you’re lugging days at 8 a.m. Those sessions were great at alleviating some tools and products. You may also be driving for long periods (or 20 | wf-vision.com | Jan + Feb 2019
