Creating Your “Personal Business Plan”
You are the owner of your future, and like all business owners, it’s important to have a plan. Solid plans come from wrestling with yourself and asking the right questions. The answers lie inside you. Give yourself the gift of time to find them.
For almost two decades I’ve used and shared a simple program to get clarity and focus. I call it my Personal Business Plan™.
This Personal Business Plan not only gives you a path to follow, it will assist you in managing your time effectively. Effective “Time Management” is really “Self-Management”. It means having the intention to discipline your self in ways that support the larger goals of your life; creating a plan to implement that intention; and finally, following through with new habits and daily activities to bring your plan to fruition.
Get in the habit of checking in with yourself quarterly. Set an appointment with yourself. Get away from the office or the house or the couch.
Create five- year, two- year, one year, and six- month goals. Tell the hard truth to yourself.
- Are you in this for the long haul?
- Are you in this for the right reasons?
- Are you living up to your potential?
- Are you disciplined enough to do this?
- What do you need to start doing?
- What do you need to stop doing?
- Who can help you?
- Why would they want to?
- Are your goals and visions realistic?
- What do you need to learn to get there?
- Where can you learn what you need to learn?
Here are Seven Questions to get you on your way:
- Where Am I?
- Where Do I want to Be?
- How do I plan to get there?
- What are my obstacles?
- How will those obstacles or the solutions to those obstacles change where I want to be?
- What are the steps necessary to respond to / solve those obstacles and get to my goal?
- Am I willing to do what it takes to overcome those obstacles?
Once you’ve asked and answered all those questions. The next step is to just get going. Figure out where you can start. What is the first thing you can do? What is the next? And the next and the next…
Start Wherever You Are
Edison, Einstein, Ford, and all the great geniuses and inventors started with the first step, just like you. If you want it and you believe in yourself enough, you can get there with some planning and commitment. It won’t happen overnight. Take it one step — and one day at a time and enjoy the journey!
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the world is full of crazy people. So – find ways to enhance your gifts, meet your challenges, and heal yourself. The world needs healthy people! We need YOU healthy!
Take care,
Beth
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