The Persian War, fought between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century, resulted in the destruction of many buildings in Athens, the Greek Acropolis. When the war ended in 479 BC. C., the citizens of Athens began the process of rebuilding their city. One of its most important buildings was the Parthenon, a temple built to honor the goddess of wisdom, Pallas Athena, who is also the patron saint of the city. The Parthenon became the most magnificent representation of Greek engineering in the classical era, surviving intact for the next 2,000 years until it was damaged in the mid-17th century when a war broke out between the Venetians and the Turks.

A remarkably impressive building and the largest of mainland Greece’s temples, the Parthenon stands upright on more than 150 pillars. Its magnificence and the values ​​it represented have made it a modern metaphor for business success. As important as your business is to you, so was building the Parthenon for the people of Greece. Its completion required meticulous planning, hard work, and time. The same demands are expected of you if you want to build a business that is successful and long-lasting.

To build one of their greatest contributions to the world, Athenians had to have a strong and consistent commitment to complete the task. If you want to start your own business, you must have the same unwavering dedication.

Your business, like the glorious Parthenon, is also supported by columns or pillars, each of which is vital and critical to ensuring its reliability and strength. When the Parthenon was built, it was meant to last for centuries. Your business must also be based on the same principles.

The beginning of the Parthenon

Imagine what would happen if every pillar in the Parthenon increased in strength. This will have a direct effect on the overall integrity of the structure itself, adding stability and vigor. Even small changes to each pillar will result in a significant transformation to the entire structure. This same principle will apply to your business. This effect is what we know as the Parthenon Principle:

Incremental improvements in several different areas can result in progress.

Small steps

Let’s use the human body as an example. It is made up of several ‘pillars’ or systems, each of which supports the body. Develop one and the improvement in the health of the person becomes noticeable; Improve all the pillars in a small increment and the individual will experience considerable vigor and optimal health. This explains why fitness programs are designed to cover all the major body systems. With each strengthened system, the improvement becomes significant, leading to better physical health and well-being.

In the same way, your company has multiple interrelated systems. The Mastermind Mentoring Program with Ronnie covers the seven core systems or pillars:

– Dirty

– services

– Prices

– Promotion

– References

– Productivity

– Profitability (cost control)

In the same way that improvements in the human body lead to an overall benefit, progress in any of the above areas will result in a significant improvement in your business. Since this type of improvement is cumulative, it can develop exponentially. With only a 10% improvement in all areas of your business activity, you could already expect twice the profitability and productivity of your business.

Activity area Performance improvement Cumulative affect

1. Sales 10% 1.10 x

. Services 10% 1.21 x

3. Price 10% 1.33 x

4. Promotion 10% 1.46 x

5. References 10% 1.61 x

6. Productivity 10% 1.76 x

7. Profitability 10% 1.94 x

Use these seven pillars in your company and encourage your employees to use them too. With team effort, small improvements can be made. Ask yourself: how can we increase sales, improve service quality, raise prices marginally, ensure effective promotional campaigns, attract more referrals, improve productivity, reduce costs, and increase profitability? Using the column above for reference, you can see that an improvement of just 10% on each pillar can double the productivity and profitability of your business.