{"id":4233,"date":"2012-09-06T14:19:04","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T18:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/?p=4233"},"modified":"2024-02-14T10:39:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T15:39:22","slug":"labour-day-is-a-turning-point-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/blog\/labour-day-is-a-turning-point-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Day is a turning point for business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ellis Orlan, BA, CPA (IL), CGMA<\/em>, <\/em>SF Partnership LLP<\/em><\/a>, Toronto, ON, CYBF Mentor, <\/em>eorlan@sfgroup.ca<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m never really sure what it is about Labour Day and the feelings it creates, but I think for the most part it marks the end of summer and the beginning of serious business season.\u00a0 More so than January 1st, September 1st is a time for business people to focus, buckle down and get serious.\u00a0 September is also a time to evaluate where you are with the goals and objectives you have set for yourself and figure out what you have to do to maximize your success leading into year-end, as well as looking out into 2013.<\/p>\n

I could go on about SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Tangible), but we\u2019ve all heard that before and the truth is, in recent years as it relates to goals and objectives, I\u2019ve found that the effort I put into execution (the time I invest in action steps), that\u2019s where the rubber meets the road in goal setting for me.\u00a0 September is a time when the car is backed in the laneway and it is \u201cready set go\u201d for the Tuesday that follows Labour Day.\u00a0 In fact, in recent years, I usually spend a considerable amount of time on Labour Day Monday getting ready and preparing for the launch of what is the most serious business season of all \u2013 fall.<\/p>\n

So, if you are like me and you are not sure what it is about Labour Day\u2026be it the fact that the kids are going back to school, or maybe it has something to do with the word \u201clabour,\u201d the point is it really does not matter what drives the feeling, it\u2019s all good. \u00a0What matters is starting early, on the right foot and getting serious about a strong finish to the year, that\u2019s really the important thing now and at the end of the year when you are looking back. So if you have not shared this view of the September long weekend before, I encourage you to reconsider your feelings and see why Labour Day is always a turning point in my calendar and for any business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ellis Orlan, BA, CPA (IL), CGMA, SF Partnership LLP, Toronto, ON, CYBF Mentor, eorlan@sfgroup.ca I\u2019m never really sure what it is about Labour Day and the feelings it creates, but I think for the most part it marks the end of summer and the beginning of serious business season.\u00a0 More so than January 1st, September […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entrepreneurship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}