I would be remiss if I did not provide the greater context surrounding this short, but tremendously powerful statement. I shall let Mr. Smiles expound on his thought:
“Order is most useful in the management of everything. Its maxim is – A place for everything, and everything in its place. Order is wealth; for, whoever properly regulates the use of his income, almost doubles his resources. Disorderly persons are rarely rich; and orderly persons are rarely poor.”
Indeed so it is! But in addition to Mr. Smiles’ statement on the impact of order on personal finance, I believe wholeheartedly the statement stands firm with regard to business. Whatever business properly regulates the use of its resources will most definitely increase its resources. Further, allow me to give a paraphrase of a slightly different hue of the last line . . . “Disorderly business are rarely successful; and orderly businesses are rarely poor.”
Now, REFLECT on your business. How would you rank your business’s level of “order”? And with regard to you, personally? How orderly of a person (a businessperson, a salesman, a marketer, etc.) are you? What systems do you have in place to ensure your business doesn’t just operate, but hums like a well-oiled machine? That your customers are not just serviced, but served well? That people, projects, and ideas aren’t “dropping through the cracks”?
If you find there’s room for growth (which there most likely is), what can you do to improve upon the disorderly?
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