Do you take care of small problems before they become big ones?

Scripture: What woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? (Luke 15:8).

Today’s Thought: A popular saying in today’s business environment is “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” If we miss on a bid, we shrug it off; if we lose a customer … well, they were too much trouble anyway. Unfortunately, if we allow this attitude to fester, small losses turn into big problems, and our business will suffer.

A country principle to “don’t sweat the small stuff” is “take care of the little things, and the big things will take care of themselves.” When small losses are not acceptable – when we attend things at the first sign of trouble and don’t give up until the problem is solved – those small losses don’t have a chance to grow.

Take action today. Call a customer you’ve lost and win him back. Look again to find that missing inventory. Call one more time to collect that past due bill. When you adopt the principle of “taking care of the little things,” success will soon follow.

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler (Proverbs 6:5).