A lot of business owners end up winging it. They may have set some goals at the beginning of the year, but as the year goes on, their plans haven’t been looked at or adjusted in months, and those goals are long forgotten. You may be tempted to think that
I’m an amateur woodworker. I’ve built a few pieces of furniture in my home, and I like to tinker with different woods. As with any hobby, eventually you start to accumulate more and more tools to accommodate a continued interest in it. I bought an old table saw, and I
If you are in business, you’ve probably been asked about your business plan and goals a hundred times. We all know we should be planning, and we’ve probably all read the same books with sayings like “start with the end in mind” and “failing to plan is planning to
Looking at your goals from the past, what do you see? Goals you have achieved and have seen the results? Do you see goals that were accomplished, some abandoned, and some that changed? Or do you not see any goals? Maybe your business didn’t exist yet… or maybe you didn’t
It’s that time of year again, that time when all of the college basketball fans go nuts, and the time when families enjoy the traditional spring break trips. While COVID killed last year’s fun, things are a little more available this year, whether you are travelling or just planning
We have all made this statement, filling in the blank with various resolutions: exercise more, lose 10 pounds, stop smoking, call Mom more often. At this point in January, 80% of us have abandoned these lofty goals. For some, that is a relief.
As we wrap up the year, I look back, like many of you, with mixed feelings. 2020 was challenging in many ways, most of them new challenges, things we’ve never had to contemplate before. Many of you succeeded, yet even success was stressful, as we had to grow
As I got several of my clients off to a great start on their 2021 Annual Plans, I had a long talk with them about the shortcomings in some of their previous plans. They all agreed that they didn’t do enough looking inside their business and themselves in their
It’s that time of year when our focus as Business Owners needs to balance between completing the execution of our 4th Quarter plans and creating our plan for next year. You do have a Q4 plan, right? And you always create Annual Plans? With so much uncertainty
My team and I spent two hours last Monday finalizing our 90 Day Business Plan, the plan that will make the 4th Quarter our best ever and close out this crazy year on a positive note. The week before that our business coaching clients spent half a day reviewing
Growing up I used to love watching the television program, The A-Team. I would plan my entire daily schedule around the show’s airtime. Now, for those of you too young to remember the show, it was a group of wrongfully accused military personnel who were hired to complete
Two weeks ago I got to check off an item on my Bucket List, which was to train new Coaches and Franchisees how to be great coaches. In the process of preparing to train, I spent several hours going through the training materials, and quickly realized that I
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