How Does The Super Conscious Mind Operate?
Law of Super Conscious Activity
Putting Your Business Plan into Action
Finally, take swift and decisive action. Follow your plan. Monitor your progress. Be persistent and, at the same time, be flexible, ever on the lookout for changes in the external environment that require changes in your Strategies and Tactics.
Whenever you find that you or your business are getting bogged down with little progress toward your goals, perform a GOSPA Analysis. Reexamine your Goals, Objectives, Strategies, Plans and Actions. Most importantly, remain forever vigilant. Be on the lookout for unnecessary redundancies and complexities that so often take hold. And when they do, root them out. Your battle cry must be, “Keep it simple!”
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Planning in Business Planning
Once the Goal has been clearly defined, the Objectives established and the Strategy set, build a Plan to implement the Strategy. To this point, the process has been strategic. It now becomes tactical. For example, if your Strategy is to use direct mail to reach your Objectives spelled out above, lay out the tactical steps you will take to carry out this Strategy, such as list selection, copy writing, mailing method and so on. As at every stage of this GOSPA analysis, be specific and precise. Include deadlines and performance accountability, i.e., who will be held accountable for each tactic. Remember, what gets planned gets done.
Strategies Determination – One of the Most Important Business Planning Skills
With Goals and Objectives clearly defined in the most simple, specific terms, you must now determine the Strategy you will adopt to reach the Objectives and thereby attain your Goal. For example, your Goal may be to sell 4,000 units of a particular product at a price of $100 per unit within six months. Your Objectives might be:
Month 1: 50 units sold
Month 2: 150
Month 3: 300
Month 4: 500
Month 5: 1,000
Month 6: 2,000
6-Month Total: 4,000 units sold
The question now becomes, “How will I reach these Objectives?” Will you use direct mail? Email? Will you advertise? If so, what advertising medium will you use? And so on. The best Strategy for you will meet three criteria’s:
(a) First, it will be easy to define, to understand and to execute.
(b) Second, it will be based on the skills and resources most readily available to you.
(c) Third, it will be practical, offering you the best chance of success.
Establishing Objectives for Business Planning
In working toward a goal, you must establish clear Objectives or milestones – predetermined steps that will lead inexorably to the achievement of your goal. In essence, Objectives are like mini-goals and must meet the same SMART standards.
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Goal Setting – One of the Most Important Business Planning Skills
Clear, precise thinking – the ability to clearly identify the essential, core components of your goal – is the first prerequisite when applying the Principle of Simplification. It is for this reason that the Focal Point Advanced Coaching and Mentoring Program concentrates so heavily on gaining clarity with respect to both personal and business goals. Fuzzy, unclear goals lead to convoluted, inefficient plans. Time spent in gaining clarity before diving into the planning process is like depositing money in the bank. It can save hundreds and even thousands of hours and dollars down the road.
You will remember from an earlier session that a properly stated goal has five characteristics, summarised in the acronym SMART.
(a) Is your goal Specific? Have you stated it in its simplest and most precise terms?
(b) Is your goal Measurable? Is it stated in clear, quantifiable terms, enabling you to benchmark your progress?
(c) Is your goal Aligned with your values?
(d) Is your goal Realistic? Do you believe you can – and will – achieve it?
(e) Is your goal Time bounded? Do you have a deadline for its achievement?
7 Effective Ways to Leverage Yourself
Other’s Contacts – Ways to Leverage Yourself
The seventh form of leverage is Other People’s Contacts or Other People’s Credibility. Each person you know knows many other people, many of whom can be helpful to you. Who do you know who could open doors for you or introduce you to the right people? One introduction to one key person can change the entire direction of your life. Becoming skilled in these seven forms of leverage will have an enormously positive impact as you relentlessly work to become more productive. Study them. Learn them. And, most importantly, apply them. Then enjoy the remarkable results in your life and your business.
Other’s Ideas – Ways to Leverage Yourself
A sixth form of leverage is Other People’s Ideas. One good idea is all you need to birth a fortune. The more you read, learn, discuss and experiment, the more likely it is that you will come across an idea that, combined with your own abilities and resources, will make you a great success in your field. Of course, ideas in and of themselves are not all it takes. The world is full of people who will eagerly share with you their “if only” tales. How often have you heard, “I had this great idea but before I could get around to doing something with it, someone else came out with it and made millions. If only I’d done something with it!”? It is the person who acts on an idea who reaps the benefits. If it’s your own original idea, good for you. But some research can open your eyes to a never ending stream of Other People’s Ideas that, when wrapped up in a sound plan and put into action, can form the basis of a highly profitable venture.
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