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We hope you will to share some of your experiences below. https://www.flyingsquirrelcp.com/squirrel-tracks-blog/perfection monthly 0.5 2020-10-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e98a0382ace0a1ea8a9c9a7/t/5f91cde1ce3fe52d355a1f0c/1603390968833/IMG_0304.JPG Squirrel Tracks - Blog - Perfection - How Do We Manage Our Perfectionism? “Perfect” is an impossible goal. Find your inner “GOOD ENOUGH.” A website will always need more updates, that’s just the nature of the beast. An important email can be re-worded 25 times, but was probably good enough after 2. Let it go. Make the call. The worst outcome is that you learn what the real challenges might be (rather than the ones you are imagining). Knowledge gives you the power to work on solutions. Keep moving the ball forward, especially when it’s uncomfortable. Very Few Business Decisions are Forever. The world will continue to change and so will our businesses. Work on getting comfortable with continual innovation. 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We help entrepreneurs develop the business, financial, strategy, and leadership skills they need to take their organizations to the next level. Where do you want to go? How will you get there? Are the things you are doing today helping you get there? What tools and skills are you building on? What do you need to learn next? https://www.flyingsquirrelcp.com/our-team daily 0.75 2020-10-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e98a0382ace0a1ea8a9c9a7/t/5e9e74a3aa166032a4dc76f9/1604104585522/business%2Bcoaching%2Bkittins.jpg Our Team - The Coaching Kittens Meet Missy Pie & Mr. Panther Man, C.O.K.* (*Certified Office Kitties) We love participating in Zoom calls (playing in front of the camera) and managing emails (walking or sleeping on the keyboard is best). Missy’s best advise is generally “blnmvlkf:gnzwgva.” So there you have it! 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I am the owner and Senior Consultant for Flying Squirrel Consulting Partners. I entered business the way many people do: through the back door. My undergraduate degree is in Technical Theater and Philosophy. Ya, really. If you had told me, way back then, that I would be pursuing business, I would have laughed you out of the room. I spent almost 20 years in the special-events industry and grew from a technician to upper management. Increasingly, I found that I was being asked to make major business decisions with very little guidance and no effective tools. Through this, I became more interested in business itself, and eventually left the event industry to pursue an MBA. My passion for business consulting comes from my experience of running a small business without any solid business skills. The technical skills that we initially build our businesses upon are very different than the management skills we need to make that business successful. 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