Business Injuries

It was the week my wife was due with our third child, and my last jiu-jitsu class before taking some time off. 🥋

As sparring, began, I wrapped up my opponents arm in a “Lasso Guard’ and attempted to sweep him onto his back. As I extended my leg, he countered, and in doing so put an immense amount of pressure on the outside of my knee. Seconds later, the pain was instant and the ‘pop’ was loud enough to stop the class. 😭

This morning as I began my second week back running, I realised that just like people, businesses can also suffer injuries. A ‘business injury’ may be a creditor chasing you for payment, it may be a personal grievance from a team member, or it may be a spouse who’s sick of not seeing you. 🆘

Whilst it’s always best to prevent a problem from happening, sometimes we do leave things too late and end up with a ‘business injury’.

If your business has an injury, here’s a process for rehabilitation.📋

1. STOP ⛔️ - doing the activity caused the problem (immediately).
2. DIAGNOSE 🤒 - the extent of the damage
3. PLAN 📈 - formulate a graduated plan which will bring you back to 100%
4. ACTION 🏋 - the plan, rehab doesn’t happen on its own
5. ADJUST 🔧 - your approach moving forward, remember most injuries are preventable