I run several businesses and I have run them very poorly. But, I have also run them successfully. When I started as an entrepreneur, I had one restaurant, now I have two restaurants and am an online presence where I coach, write and speak. When you grow across multiple platforms, you have to change how you operate as an owner.
筆者我有好幾盤生意要打理，不過我運營得很糟糕。不過，我也把它們運營得很成功。剛開始我以企業(yè)家身份踏足商務(wù)領(lǐng)域時，我有一家餐館，而現(xiàn)在我有兩家餐館，并且我還時常活躍于網(wǎng)絡(luò)，通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)給他人提供建議，撰寫文章還有發(fā)表評論。當你需要接觸越來越多個平臺時，你就不得不改變自己作為一名企業(yè)所有者的運營方式了。

If yours are a small company you can micromanage, be unorganized and lack focus and still survive maybe even thrive to a degree. However, the larger your business grows, the more these flaws will be seen. When I started to expand my little empire, there was a period where expansion almost ruined me I had to change and I knew it. My flaws of lack of focus and micro-managing almost undid what I built.
如果您的是一家小公司，你可以微管理，無明確組織結(jié)構(gòu)，缺乏工作重心仍能屹立不倒，甚至也許更上一層樓。然而，當你的生意越做越大，公司結(jié)構(gòu)的瑕疵就越來越明顯。當筆者開拓我的小小商業(yè)領(lǐng)土?xí)r，曾經(jīng)有一段時期幾乎把我毀了，以致我不得不改變運營方式，我就知道。由于缺乏專注里和微管理的能力，這些紕漏幾乎把我所建立的一切化為烏有。

These tips will help you run multiple businesses.
以下這些小提示能幫助您運營多盤生意。

1. Note pad.
1.筆記本子。

I know that there are cool apps like Evernote the help in writing lists, but for me, nothing replaces pen and paper. Something in handwriting helps me to remember, and I love crossing things off or tearing off a sheet of paper and throwing it in the fire. Notes are necessary for multiple reasons, the king of which is focus. When working on one business have a notepad always by you. When other projects or businesses pop into your mind write it down and refocus on your current plan to be effective. Focus and intensity are required to have momentum and with more than one business you can lose momentum which is the lifeblood of business. When your mind wants to go elsewhere, write it down and refocus on what you’re working on now. Notepads will help you to stay organized and focused.
我知道有一些很酷的手機軟件，如Evernote，我們可以在里面寫下各種清單。但對于我來說，沒有什么能比得上白紙黑字寫下來有效。親手寫下的內(nèi)容有助記憶，并且我很喜歡打叉叉或者把紙張撕掉扔進火堆里的感覺。筆記的必要性體現(xiàn)在多個方面，最主要的還是能培養(yǎng)專注力。如果您在運營一筆生意，一定要隨身帶著一個筆記本。而當其他項目或生意事情突然到來時，就把它寫下來，然后重新投入當前的計劃中，這樣才會讓你的工作更有效率。高度專注與高強度的狀態(tài)是動力的來源，若同時兼顧多項生意你就會失去動力，而這種動力剛好就能掌握商業(yè)的命脈。當你感覺注意力被別的事情影響了，那就把它寫下來，然后重新投入到當前的工作中。筆記本有助于保持條理性和專注性。

2. Physical locations.
2. 辦公場地。

I work on each restaurant in each site and my other businesses from a private office. Different areas help my memory. I thought this was strange and then watched the video by Lewis Howes and Jim Kwik. We remember by location much better due to microevolution. Get in the habit of working on businesses in different places even if it’s on the computer at various parts of your house. Locations defined for business will help you to maintain boundaries mentally and recall when you need to.
我分別在各個地點經(jīng)營各家餐館，而其他的生意事務(wù)我都會在私人辦公室里處理。在不同的地方工作有助于工作的記憶。但我覺得這是很奇怪的，然后我就看了Lewis Howes和Jim Kwik拍的影片。通過場地的轉(zhuǎn)換，我們能記得更多細節(jié)，這得益于人的微進化。學(xué)會養(yǎng)成在不同地方處理生意事務(wù)的習(xí)慣，即使你只是在家里的不同區(qū)域使用電腦。為生意事務(wù)而設(shè)定的辦公地點能幫助你維持心理界限并能在你需要的時候回想起細節(jié)來。

3. Team.
3.團隊合作。

The larger you get, the more you need to spend most of your time managing and developing a team. The only way to run multiple things is to have a solid team. Your team will be the frontline of your business. Treat your team with the passion, energy and focus like your business depends on it because it does. Work with a team to build and multiply your time and energy.
當你的生意越辦越大，你就需要花越多的時間微管理你的公司以及建立團隊。順利處理多項任務(wù)的唯一方法就是建立一支強大的隊伍。你的團隊就是業(yè)務(wù)的最前線。拿出熱情、活力與專注力對待你的團隊，如同對待依賴著它的生意一樣，因為確實也是這樣。在團隊里工作，以此建立和增加你的時間與活力。

4. Reports.
4.工作報告。

Know what numbers matter to your business and have reports done at the minimum weekly. Measurement improves performance and reports are your measurement showing improvement or drop-off within the business.
了解哪些數(shù)據(jù)對業(yè)務(wù)起著至關(guān)重要的作用，并且至少以每周為單位把報告做好。數(shù)據(jù)評估能改善工作表現(xiàn)，而這些報告就是你的評估依據(jù)，顯示著生意的進展良好與否。

Extreme focus is required to build multiple companies that are thriving. Build one business at a time until you get a solid team in place, then you will have the bandwidth to work on your next business. With focus and energy, you can build an entrepreneurial empire. Focus on one business at a time, form a team and know your numbers.
極致的專注力是發(fā)展多家興旺發(fā)展中的公司必不可少的要素。每次只創(chuàng)建一項生意直到在適當?shù)臅r機建立起強大的團隊，然后你就有空間發(fā)展你的下一項事業(yè)了。憑著強大的專注力與活力，你能夠建立起專屬的企業(yè)帝國。一次專注一項，建立團隊，然后了解你的數(shù)據(jù)。

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