DID YOU KNOW???

•  77% of small business owners (anyone with 500 or less employees) have yet to achieve most or all of their dreams for their company
• More than 80% admitted that they don’t monitor their goal-setting or enlist the proper coaches to help their achieve their goals

       And if that isn’t enough pressure, there is the basic question of survival:

• 26% of respondents are unsure if their business will exist in 12 months if the economic climate remains unchanged
• 23% believe economic conditions will get worse before they improve
•  42% have already considered closing down their businesses, while contemplating how they will re-enter the job force.

Source: MSN: Stapes 4th annual survey reveals majority of small-business owners suffer from ping-pong syndrome January 12, 2010