
Now that we’ve identified the more common pitfalls you face in
dealing with change, let’s develop a systematic approach for avoiding
them.
Avoiding Pitfalls
It would have been easy to end this chapter with the suggestions listed
above, but I know from experience that those suggestions would be of
little help to you. Why? Because, as mentioned earlier, we’re creatures of
habit. We get caught up in the daily challenges of running a business and
quickly forget the advice of this chapter. To minimize that risk, I’ve de-
veloped a four-step system that, if you employ it will help you avoid giv-
ing away the value you create. Here is the system:
1. If you don ...