#7 What’s in Your Fruit Basket?
Do you have a fully laden fruit basket in your kitchen bursting with colour and freshness? Do you take from and add to your fruit basket on a regular basis? Do you inject new types of fruit to your basket? You are probably thinking what’s all this talk about fruit?
Let’s take a look at your business. Imagine your business as your favourite piece for fruit. This particular piece of fruit you have a passion for, it’s what you love to eat (do). Now consider your fruit bowl. Does it contain just this piece of fruit? Admittedly you love your fruit but what choices could you make to add variety to your fruit bowl?
First let’s take a step backwards. Before you chose your favourite piece of fruit (your business) what other fruits did you gather along your career path? Do you have a mixture of varieties (skills) that you can add to your bowl? How could these other fruits add to your display (improve, evolve or change your business)? Is your fruit getting over ripe or has it gone rotten (lack of marketing/difficulty building good client base)?
Consider what’s going on in your fruit bowl right now. Is the fruit you’ve chosen still a firm favourite or is it tasting a little bland? Perhaps the introduction of a new fruit or one you’ve tasted along the way will inject new flavour (opportunities/growth/profit)… Is now the time to try something different -the crispness, the juiciness or the lingering taste of a new variety?
Often called a portfolio career, let’s call this our fruit bowl of life. You get to choose one or many pieces of fruit to create, promote and live your passion, to really make your fruit bowl work best for you. Pick the fruits that work, even discard those that don’t, add new flavours and tastes at selected intervals, to ultimately create the freshest and most delicious fruit bowl for your career.