Today is Good Friday, March 29th, and many people are celebrating hope more so than any other time of the year. We all have hope and confidence in something and someone. Now you may be asking what does this have to do with QuickBooks and your company or the company that you work for. Well, a lot actually. It’s a somewhat different type of hope but we don’t function without this element.
The definition of Hope by Wikipedia is: Hope is the state which promotes the belief in an outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. "to desire with expectation of obtainment"; or "to expect with confidence". "In many traditional Christian texts, the word is an indication of certainty and a positive expectation of future reward. “Hope” in the Holy Bible means “a strong and confident expectation.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope
When you make business decisions, they are all based upon hope for a favorable outcome. When you decided to implement a Financial and/or Point of Sale software system at your company, you did your research and talked to professionals in the industry to make a well informed decision. Your decision was in part based upon hope; hope that the system will in fact do what it is supposed to, that you will receive the necessary training to use it, and that you have a reputable source for when questions and issues arise. You know you’re not alone to figure it out by yourself.
When you’ve run across some problems or needed instructions on how to perform certain functions in the software, didn’t you feel a sense of relief when your consultant fixed the problem or showed you how to accomplish what’s necessary? What a sense of freedom and confidence one has when they have the correct tools and the knowledge in how to use those tools on business and in life.
