How painting can help you plan for return to business after the current crisis?
Like many people at home, I decided to do some DIY and paint my balcony. So how does this help with a return to business? When painting, you have to plan what you are going to do, how much paint, how many coats, which brushes and what if something goes wrong – turpentine, white spirit, cloths.
Start with a plan: what do you need to do first? Plan your marketing to let people know you are going to be back in business by using advertising or social media. Who need to know and by when? Set deadlines, if something doesn’t work within a time frame you have to can it. You can’t afford to waste resources or time?
With painting you have to prepare the area you are painting to protect the adjacent areas from paint. Sanding down old paint for a better surface to work with and better end result.
What changes do you need to make?
What needs to change in terms of manpower, suppliers, product or services? Be aware that not everything will be back to normal when you want to start. The reality is your business will need to change to get you started again. What if things go wrong? Do you have a plan B – critical in the current situation.
In painting once everything is ready painting begins, you can’t rush it or errors will happen. It will need two or three coats and they need time to dry in between.
Getting the business back on its feet
You have to take your time and be patient. Don’t expect great results initially, it will take time. Sometimes you need to do things two or three time to get a result. Then you will start to see the business take off but like painting sometime you have to start again because your preparation or plans have not been fully though out.
When you finish a painting job and admire your work, it’s a great feeling for you. It’s an achievement and you made it happen.
Restarting a business
it’s hard work, requiring a lot of effort and commitment but with the right plan you can make it happen. Always take the positive approach that it can be done and like painting there will be blemishes and rework of some areas along the way but the end result will make it all worthwhile.