Bad stuff happens
Part 1: Someone close to me was recently in a major car accident.
Out of nowhere, smashed into by another car, woke up in the hospital with no memory of the whole thing.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in hospital bills.
Funny thing, she had been meaning to renew her health insurance, which had lapsed a couple of months earlier.
Never got around to it.
Oops.
Part 2: Just this morning I spoke with a buddy whose friend passed away unexpectedly a few weeks ago.
He’d had health issues for a while, but was feeling fine.
One day he was loading luggage into his car after a hotel stay, and just keeled over.
Heart attack.
The end.
Funny thing, he had been meaning to renew his life insurance, which had lapsed a few months earlier.
Never got around to it.
Oops.
Here’s the thing:
You never know when something terrible is going to happen. That's why we have contingency plans.
Are you taking daily backups of your CRM data and your website?
Have you checked those backups lately?
Have you tried restoring from them to be sure they work?Do you have a plan for who will take over if one of your critical staff is suddenly in critical condition (or worse)?
Bad stuff happens.
Keeping up with your contingency plans is a big part of ensuring that the bad stuff is only as bad as it has to be.
All the best,
A.