Smart business owners know simple and obvious lesson.

That lesson is so simple, you will likely to dismiss it as too simple.  The simple lesson is that your business life has, has had and will have ups and downs.  The trick is to get to the source of what caused these ups and downs.  When you have identified what triggers these ups, stay with that system.  When you have indentified what leads to these downs, learn how to avoid them.  It's simplistic and child-like but it makes or breaks your business.

And this not only works for business but is a very important tool for those of you who suffer from ADD or ADHD.  I have seen ADD people completely reclaim their attention by learning to backtrack when they lost their focus.  The more they did, the quicker the process became and the longer their attention span got.

Once
you spot the factor trend to your hits and your misses, you will do more to maintain with what caused your successes and stay away from  what caused the failures.