The Juicemaker

It’s been a long time since you decided to start your business. The excitement of the first few months has waned now and given way to the work. Now you are doing it – every day; probably the same way as you have done it before. The thrill is gone – or at least ground down to routine and maybe boredom.

But does it have to be this way? Time to remind yourself that it’s entirely up to you.

I don’t talk about my businesses directly in Think Daily too often. After 36 years of being in business, I have seven businesses – but they are all related, one having been born from another. I think of them as one business offering multiple services. We have 380 fantastic diverse employees and nine buildings on our campus. Let me tell you a story.

One of my companies is a local service business – Connecticut Basement Systems/Dr. Energy Saver Connecticut. The employees of the company are doing new installations in 23 homes a day, doing service in 50 homes a day, and giving new estimates to 50 prospects each day. There’s a lot going on here in year 30.  

After 30 years (or five) it can get pretty stale. How do we keep it fresh, and keep up the momentum and energy? We’ve done a lot over the years, but three years ago we broke ground on an incredible new facility that opened in June. It was a big investment on my part, but hell – it’s fun! To go to work in this beautiful state-of-the-art modern facility with everything designed for maximum employee engagement, productivity and satisfaction – I think we all felt a rebirth to our enterprise.

Further, a facility tells the world what the leader’s vision and optimism for the future is – and our employees see we are here to stay – still.  

There are lots of ways to get the juice back. It’s up to the leader.