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I was listening to John Assaraf’s Brainathon yesterday and he ask a powerful question around how we look at our goals.
The question was…”Are you interested or are you committed?”
Is it worth taking a serious look at our goals, especially the ones that are not complete, and go through the process of assigning an I or a C to each one and laser focus on the C’s?
That’s my plan this week. How about you?
With Love and Gratitude,
Take one bite at a time.
I am not advocating eating an elephant. They are endangered and such noble creatures. Besides, I’m a vegetarian…
The point is to chunk it down. Mark Twain put it this way “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting the first one”.
Do you have something BIG that you’re up to and don’t know where to start?
Here’s an idea: Divide your big idea into 7 steps… (hint: begin with the end in mind so you know what your end result will be). Then assign 5 action items to each step with timelines and who will help you accomplish the action or hold you accountable for the action.
Let me know how it goes.
With Love and Gratitude,
I was recently at a full day mastermind with over 40 other business owners and entrepreneurs.
The theme…collaboration not competition.
Many times we feel like we have to do everything on our own. What I have learned about that business strategy is that it’s lonely. We’re not always our best advisor or mentor and it’s way more fun to to brainstorm with other like minded people.
Are you in collaboration, (super conductor style), with your business community? If not, what can you do to get there?
Need ideas? Please feel free to reach out to me.
In Gratitude,
Johanna
When you decide you need to boost your energy and supplement your diet by beginning a multi-vitamin regimen…what’s the first step? Research. Do your homework to find the product(s) that will best suite your health goals. Once you have made a decision, a purchase and you take your first daily dose…do you expect instant results? Do you take your supplement one day and based on those results decide if it works or not. If your answer is YES you have set yourself up for failure. The correct answer is NO! It takes time and it takes paying attention to the subtle and not so subtle effects. Then it takes adjusting your regimen not abandoning your regimen for optimal results.
When you decide you need to boost your sales and supplement your business awareness in the marketplace…what’s the first step? Research. Do your homework to find the marketing products and services that will best speak to your clients and potential clients that will turn them into buyers…thus reaching your sales goals and growth potential. Once you have made a decision, a purchase and you launch your marketing campaign…do you expect instant results? If your answer is YES you have set yourself up for failure. The correct answer is NO! It takes time and it takes paying attention and it takes listening (a future blog) for the subtle and not so subtle effects. Then it takes adjusting your campaign not abandoning your campaign for optimal results.
Be Smart. Be Willing. Be Committed. Be Consistent.
What is the emotion that comes up for you when you think about Profitability? You might pull back the covers on this and look closely to see if your emotional response has a relationship to your businesses bottom line.
Food for thought.
I was talking to my graphic designer,Linda Anderson, yesterday and she said something that made me laugh and gave me the idea for this blog! Thank you Linda.
We were talking about how we could help each other in our businesses and I mentioned that if someone said to her “I feel like I have no control” or “I feel like I’m going in circles” they would be a good referral for me. She said “you know that reminds me that when I talk to people in my home state of South Dakota, where the economy is much better than here in Nevada, I tell them that our idea of a business or retirement plan in Nevada is to win the California Lottery or just plane old wishful thinking”.
Even though she was joking it made me wonder…Is this a new twist on business planning? Have people given up? Is this your plan?
Just in case it is…I did a little research for you on Google and found this…”The odds of winning the California Super Lotto Jackpot are 1 in 18 million. (1) … If one person purchases 50 Lotto tickets each week, they will win the jackpot about once every 5000 years. (4) … You Win? California State University, Hayward.”
I could not find any statistics on wishful thinking but my “gut” tells me the odds are not much better than winning the California Lottery.
I’m not saying DON’T buy a lottery ticket or have wishful thinking but I am saying DO have a solid back-up plan in place where you have control over the outcome.
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened – Tao Te Ching
Are you thinking to yourself…is she kidding?
I like it because it is the final act of putting the past in its rightful place. The past!
It means everything has been delivered to the CPA so she/he can work their magic.
With all of that handled there is comfort in packing up the past year and getting everything labeled and loaded and on its way into storage where its new job is to collect dust for the next ten years.
With the weight of the past gone to its rightful place in my garage and the promise of the future in front of me, I feel lighter and I’ll admit more than a little proud of me because I had a target date of February 28th on my calendar to have this accomplished and the task was complete a week ahead of time.
I do believe this is the power of setting clear intentions, giving yourself deadlines and being clear of what the final outcome will be. In this case the freedom to run full on into 2017 unencumbered by 2016.
If you haven’t already…free yourself of 2016! I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much energy this frees up for you.
Set Intentions. Set Deadlines. Have a Clear Vision of the Outcome. Enjoy!
With Gratitude,
Johanna
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