Over the past several Mondays Dan has been talking about how each of those of us who are business owners need to playing a new ball game, and in a sense playing it defiantly.

Part of the new ball game, as he noted last week, involves greater flexibility, agility, and speed. And these are have-to’s. Or else.

It’s understanding that we are truly moving at breakneck speed into a new time, a new economy, and we have to change fast. By the way, it’s more than just about survival or maintaining or growing our business; it’s also related to our understanding that very few of our competitors will do what we’re doing…in some circles they call that establishing a competitive advantage.

How much time and money are you investing to get better? To learn more? To truly become an expert in your field? To become “unconsciously conscious” in at least one area?

Do you share anything about yourself with your prospects and customers or clients? How much of your personal life (outside of your business life) do they know about you? How much of what you’re interested in do they know about?

Question 1: In one or more areas of your life (my focus was my businesses) that you say are very or critically important to you, are you where you want to be?

Question 2: If not, why not?