Every business organization runs and succeeds by generating revenue. Your effectiveness and efficiency in generating adequate revenue is fundamental to the long time success of your business. It suffices to then conclude that the first priority of every business organization must be revenue generation.

There is nothing mysterious about how money is made. Money is simply the product of meeting needs and adding value to others. It is a tool of exchange.

We make money as we add value to others and meet their needs. The quality and quantity of value added determines cash flow. Money, assuming it is legitimately earned, is a yardstick that simply measures the service you have rendered, regardless of the nature of your business. The more and better service you render to your customer, the greater the financial rewards.

Your number one task as a business person is to do all that is humanly possible to add and keep on adding quality and quantity value to your customers.

The effect of this step is that you will soon have a bunch of satisfied and loyal customers. These people will go to town to market your business to their friends and neighbours without your needing to solicit or pay them for such service. They will simply become the evangelists of you business.

Your ability to add quality value to your customers is a crucial factor in determining the loyalty and largeness of customer base. This will in turn determine the ultimate cash flow and success of your business organizations. The better you become at this, the more money you will make and the faster you will take your place in the world of wealth and riches.

“Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.” Proverbs 22:29

Another version says:

“Show me someone who does a good job, and I will show you someone who is better than most and worthy of the company of kings.” Proverbs 22:29

Your utmost duty is to give quality and quantity service and add value to your customers. This becomes possible as you become more effective, efficient, and productive in what you do. You can’t give what you don’t have.

The market pays excellent rewards for excellent performance. It pays average rewards for average performance, and poor rewards for poor performance. Your goal is to position yourself to receive excellent rewards as a result of excellent performance. This is your surefire access to an unusual dimensions of wealth and riches.

One of the qualities of top business people is that, at a certain point in their entrepreneurial journey, they decided to “Commit to Excellence.”

They made up their minds to become the best at what they do. They decided to pay any price, make any necessary sacrifice that would position them as the best in their industry. This simple decision gave them their places among the league of high achievers and business gurus.

Listen friend, your success is tied directly to how excellent you become at what you do. Of all the responsibilities you face in life, this is one of the most important.

The truth is that your current level of knowledge and skill is becoming obsolete at rate that is better imagined.

Look for ways to increase the quality and quantity of your productivity every day. Successful, highly paid people are usually not more intelligent or skilled than unsuccessful, lowly paid people. The major difference between them is that successful people are always working to increase the quality and quantity of their services. They make increasing the level of their productivity a major business and professional goal. This should be one of your goals too.

Les Brown, the motivational speaker said, “To achieve something that you have never achieved before, you must become someone you’ve never been before.”

You begin your journey to excellent performance by asking the question, “What additional knowledge, skills, and information will I need to become the best in my industry in the months and years ahead?”

You could be only one skill away from doubling your productivity, performance and income. You may only need to bring up your skill level in one area for you to be able to use all of your other skills at a higher level.

Wolfgang von Goethe, the German philosopher said, “To have more, you must first be more.”

A wise man once said that the largest room is the room for improvement. Commit to improving your technical, professional and business skills.

“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” Proverbs 4:18

Knowledge is cumulative. The more you read, learn and practice the better you become at what you do. Invest an extra one or two hours per day in self-improvement, the cumulative effect of the investment on your ability to get results and add great value to your customers can be phenomenal

To Your Prosperity