In business there are good days and there are bad days; most are a mixture between the two. The purpose of this article is to explore a rather obvious fact that everyday is a new day.
Despite this statement being quite basic and known to everyone over the age of four it is however such a simple principle that it is often overlooked and frequently subsumed within the busy life of an entrepreneur.
To paraphrase the statement slightly; what has happened in the past need not determine what happens today. At the beginning of each day as we gather our bearings beginning with who we are, where we are and what we do, there then follows a recital of what happened in the preceding days and weeks.
Almost automatically we continue the current day as a reaction to these events seeking to progress, curtail or otherwise make the best of them.
Everyday is a new day can be interpreted literally and provide an opportunity to assess current and future plans based on not what has gone before but on an ideal scenario we would want to have prevail before us.
The results of this might be that the entrepreneur decides that resources expended in previous periods should be viewed as lost and current or new projects should be started from scratch.
Another way this maxim might manifest itself is to forgive the business owner their past mistakes; an act of absolution as it were, and allow them the mental capacity to adopt a more bullish and natural approach to the manner in which they run their organisation.
Not unlike the zero based costing approach to budgeting whereby previous expenditure levels are ignored for determining future allocations of funds; the Everyday is a new day philosophy takes this a step further by applying the same principles on a daily basis.
Businesses which implement and adhere to the everyday is a new day principle are often dynamic, enthusiastic, vibrant and often successful. Being unhindered by the past (as much as is possible) they react faster to present opportunities and ultimately limit efforts towards unfruitful projects.
