wanna see my swot test....

you might want to try this...it kind of clarifies a lot....its kind of ikky to do..

heres a better description of it...http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_05.htm..

mainly i just make the lists and think about it...heres my

SWOT TEST

STRENGTHS...

family goals,

customers, especially the long term ones.

huge inventory.

reputation as a fun place to go,

reputation for reasonable prices..

our workers....

our suppliers....

wierd inventory..optimism, our events

, the billboards,

the store divisions[foofoo, country, key west, rough room,,etc] good summer plot as in our garden iron.

WEAKNESSES..

.no budget,

fair to poor management skills,

location...

OPPORTUNITIES

.A mall booth im real excited about , etsy..publishing abilities...networking...10,000 sq ft to play around with...a good project with a new nice person..4000 on the mailing list

THREATS

age ,

unknowns,

the highway might close off our road,

the economy...indianas economy

big companies selling to big box stores...suppliers higher than traffic will bear...

well one could go on and on....but it puts your mind on lots of ideas in a slightly organized way....