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“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful. ”

- Mark Victor Hansen

I could stand to read this Mark Victor Hansen quote once a week. How about you? How many big decision are you putting off until everything is perfect? Until every possible detail lines up?

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Many a false step was made by standing still.

- fortune cookie

Both action and inaction are risky for a prospective entrepreneur. Truth is, it’s risky staying where you are! Over the past few weeks, I have spoken with several people who are concerned about making a false step by leaving the security of their current job.

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A recent post, “Five Guy Triumphs as Consumer Favorite, Study Says” on QSR Magazine.com, revealed that Five Guy Burgers beat Panera Bread, Chik-fil-A, Chipotle & McDonalds for favorite quick-service/fast-casual restaurant. I took my oldest son to Five Guys for lunch last Saturday and this study does not surprise me. We ordered two hamburgers, a couple sweet teas, and fries that we split. I was so happy to get the free peanuts that I forgot about the $20 I shelled out. I did note it was more expensive than McDonalds, but I feel the value proposition is in line.

Here is what Janet Eden-Harris, chief marketing officer for Market Force stated:

"There's a direct correlation between how satisfied a customer is and how much they spend, so delighting the customer can go all the way to the bottom line."

No maid service can provide a taste sensation like Five Guys. Sure consumers prefer working with a professional maid service franchise, but no matter how good, or how green your cleaning company is, there is no taste, texture, or aroma to great maid service. In fact it's easy to over look perfect cleaning! Recall the words of Tom Peters when he said "You know what the problem with perfection is? You don’t remember anything, because it was perfect." A perfectly clean home leaves no evidence that people and pets have recently inhabited this dwelling.

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A recent post “Service: Problem with Perfection” by Tom Peters provides and interesting perspective on the problem with perfection as follows…

“You know what the problem with perfection is? You don’t remember anything, because it was perfect. The literature is very, very, very clear. And it’s bizarre and it’s perverse, but then of course so are human beings. The happiest customer of all will be a customer who had an awful problem with you, and then you made a brilliant comeback. You overwhelmed them with your responsiveness, your thoughtfulness, your courteousness, your follow up, and so on.”

Is perfect Maid Service the ultimate goal? We all intuitively know that delivering perfect maid service is the goal, but ironically it’s recovering from bad house cleaning service that earn us a spot in our clients hearts. I for one, believe striving for perfection on every house cleaning is the only way to go.

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I like the advice Escape from Cubicle Nation author, Pamela Slim, give to entrepreneurs.

Young entrepreneurs, if I could whisper advice back at myself when I was your age, I would say “Don’t get jaded. People will make everything out to be terribly complicated and heavy, but that is only one way of looking at things. You don’t have to change the whole world, just one tiny corner of it.”

Middle-aged entrepreneurs, if I could whisper something in your ear right now, it is “Listen to your younger self. There are many who will tell you you are not qualified, certified, that you lack pedigree, that your credit score is not perfect and your business background is lighter than milk. Don’t believe them. All you need to do is touch one person’s heart. That is enough.”

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Seth Godin has a great insight into the truth of todays market. To all you faceless cogs wake up! The best time to open your own business is 20 years ago. The next best time is today.

What are you passionate about? Can you monetize your passion?? I have. I enjoy building teams who improve the health and happiness of our customers; we do just that at You’ve Got MAIDS®. It just so happens that we also clean homes. We improve the lives of our clients and our employees...what could be more fun than that?

It’s entertaining to watch a new business owner who is suffering from AADD. They run around like a dog chasing squirrels…a whole lot of activity, but nothing of consequence gets done.

As a franchise owner, will I clean? No. Our franchise partners are business owners who inspire and manage house cleaning teams.

How can I open a You’ve Got MAIDS franchise? We have a franchise discovery process so you and we can determine if it's the right fit. To introduce yourself click below!