For many runners, the key to enduring until the end of a race is to keep an eye out for checkpoints along the way. If they can make it to the first checkpoint, they can make it to the next. Soon enough, the series of checkpoints becomes a finish line, and they’ve accomplished their ultimate goal. They have finished the race.


In every business, there are day-to-day tasks that contribute to the overall success of the organization as a whole—we’ll refer to the sum of these tasks as business operations. Typical business operations could include purchasing and organizing resources, creating products, providing services, keeping track of accounts, and general office management.