I had to attend a local business network meeting at lunch today and when I left the office I decided to leave my large laptop bag (I have a smaller one for short trips that fits into the bag with all the extras) and power adapter at the office so I wouldn’t have to carry as much. My reasoning was that I wouldn’t need to carry that much extra weight when I might not even use the stuff in it over lunch. All seemed well but when I returned to the office I picked up my larger laptop bag but forgot that I left my power adapter on my desk.  As soon as I arrived back at my home office I realized I left the power adapter on the desk at my downtown Greenville,SC office. Needless to say I was angry with myself because I would have to “waste gas” to drive back.  I did however need to make a bank and post office so the trip wasn’t totally frustrating. I figured I might as well take advantage of the situation and write an article about it too.

As mentioned in a previous post I am the kind who hates to spend money yet  I’m also in a business that pretty much demands one spend a  bit more on new technologies from time to time. Thankfully it is money I am putting to good use by turning it around to provide great services and products to my customers. I can take comfort in that I am not the only one with these struggles.  Many potential clients are afraid of spending more money than they have to but as I have discovered with myself I am often better off spending a little more with some added features than having to go through an upgrade process when if I had the tools in front of me I could have saved that much more time.

Take it from someone who has been there.  If you think you might need something go ahead and get it or have it with you. It can make the difference in getting a sale or losing precious time. It doesn’t save you money  to take a bargain route if you will need to make a return trip.  Sometimes the return trip is across town or it may be lost time in not having what you need to get the job done or the ability to get the word out.

Odd that in less than positive economic times I  am thinking more about the times I should have spend a little more upfront. What are your “packing light” or going minimal mistakes of the past? What would you have taken with you or invested more in times past?

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