Do you set aside time regularly to plan what you want to do in your business?
If it’s not something you currently do, I strongly encourage you to embrace it this coming year.
Setting aside time at the end of the year to plan out what I want to do, and more importantly, what growth I want to achieve in the coming year, has been crucial to my own success.
Over the next seven days, I want to share some of what I’ve learned and what I’ve found helpful with you.
Why business planning is “the secret” to success.
There are a few different factors that come into play here.
Efficiency
When you go in with a clear plan, you can focus on what’s most important. Instead of spending time trying to figure out what you should be working on, what pieces of the puzzle are missing from your product funnel, or what you need to do to break through to the next income level, you know exactly what needs to come next.
As we’ll explore in a future post, with a clear goal in mind and a plan for the year, it becomes easy to walk backward to create effective and efficient daily to-do lists. Work on what needs to get done each day and you will reach your goals and maybe exceed them!
Setting a big goal for yourself helps you think outside the box
If you don’t believe me, try it.
Decide on a big income goal for the coming month. Write it down. Keep it in front of you. Then get to work and start to notice what happens next.
You start to think of things that didn’t occur to you before. You come up with creative ways to get more traffic. You decide to run a fun promo that adds dollars to your bank account.
The same happens when an important deadline comes up unexpectedly. Think back on that time in college when finals rolled around. You got very creative about studying and getting in the projects due by the end of the semester.
The subconscious mind is listening
So far we’ve been focused on what we are actively doing to make progress by making a plan, setting goals, and following through. There’s another dimension to all this and that’s what’s going on in our subconscious mind.
While we are busy plowing through our to-do lists, cooking dinner for the family, and even sleeping, our subconscious mind is working towards those goals as well.
Trust and a strong belief in your goals and your business growth will come to fruition. Step by step, things will happen and change.
Your business can grow faster
In short, planning and setting goals are important because it helps your business grow faster. That means you end up with more money and time for enjoyable activities while spending less time slaving away at your desk.
Tomorrow – measuring where are you and where you are heading
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