Home --- Topics --- October 2023: Don't cut corners
In business, don't cut corners. If you cut corners, it can become a habit. If cutting corners becomes a habit, you won't even realize that you're cutting corners. Cutting corners can lead to lower quality, more complaints, and customer abandonment. Be careful of people who somehow cut corners. Many people whose business is not going well and are stagnant often do not realize that they are cutting corners.
Cutting corners means cutting out necessary work or effort. For example, in a battle, when your opponent is attacking and you have to make a defensive move, if you cut corners and attack instead of defending, your side may fall apart and lose. If your opponent is weak, you may be able to win even if you cut corners. However, you should not cut corners against a strong opponent. Cutting corners on what should be done may cause fatal damage to your business.
Cutting corners is not necessarily the same as slacking off or being negligent. Even if you think you are working diligently and earnestly, you may end up cutting corners on important steps. In business, cutting corners means omitting necessary steps.
In some cases, "cutting corners" may not increase the number of complaints. The reason may be that the customer's values have changed, or that the effort was not necessary in the first place. However, even if the number of complaints does not increase, if customers are leaving and sales are declining, it may be because you are cutting corners in some way.
Successful business people never cut corners on important points. In order to succeed in business, it is important to constantly check yourself and build a solid system so as not to cut corners.
If your sales are sluggish or your business isn't going well, take a hard look to see if you're cutting corners. Pay special attention to whether there are any "cut corners" that you are unaware of. Let's clarify the points that need to be managed to avoid "cutting corners". For business success, let's eliminate "cutting corners".
