When struggling with a theme for this blog, I often seek inspiration from Seth Godin, well-known author, entrepreneur and marketer. In a recent blog entitled The ripples, Godin opens with: “Every decision we make changes things.” http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2016/09/the-ripples.html

It follows therefore that every business decision we make changes the business. It can be large–move the business from Brooklyn to Florida–or it can be small–meet a casual contact for coffee at Starbucks. The apparent size of the decision does not foretell the size of the consequences.

Some decisions are made for the short-term, some for the long-term. But decisions are instruments of movement… and what is seen initially as a short-term decision can start a series of dynamic changes that continue far into the future.

At the end of the same article, Godin asks: “How did you get to where you are? Who is going to go even further because of you?”

It may be useful in the conduct of our day to day business to keep this in mind. What decision that you made today, however small and ordinary, may bring your business and your family further than you can imagine? For generations.