Small Business Owners-Do You Have A BMD?
A BMD is a Business Maturity Date, a date that you could leave your business to go on vacation or do something you have always dreamed of doing, while making money and not having to put the pieces of your business back together.
About a year ago, The Corrigan Group got involved with The Crankset Group. About 100 plus business owners from all types of business gathered to explore the topic of growing our businesses.
That day changed our business and our lives.
Chuck Blakeman, author of Making Money is Killing Your Business, ( # 1 business book of the Year by the Federation of Independent Business Owners) spoke . "The number one reason that most business owners remain on the treadmill and cannot make money while they are on vacation or have a plan to create time and significance as well as money in their business is because they do not really intend to." says Blakeman. Chuck is often quoted as saying, "We get what we intend, not what we hope for!"
We had goals to make more money. We did not have time and significance in our written plan. We spent many hours and increased our business. We were worn out and wondered if this was all there is.
Our Business Maturity Date is March 4, 2012 at 3:04 pm.
We will celebrate our BMD, with our team of ten. We will have people in place who understand their roles and work with enthusiasm towards their own personal goals. Thom and I will joyfully board a plane headed for Ireland and Italy, knowing that our business is in the hands of motivated, skilled and competent people who will continue to move the business forward.
The four building blocks of creating a BMD are: 1. Knowing what is our preferred ideal life style and our Big Why, 2. Having a 2 page Strategic Plan, 3. Process Mapping and 4. Having outside eyes on our business.
Friday, February 18, 2011, we will celebrate Chuck and Diane Blakeman as they pop the cork on the champagne bottle that has worn their BMD date for four years. As you read Chuck's book, you will note that as of the writing of the book he does not have any staff. Yet this Friday he and his staff will celebrate his BMD as we send off Diane and he to New Zealand for a well deserved vacation.
My hope is that as a real estate agent and small business owner you will read this and become inspired to ask how you might create a life filled with great income, time and significance. The Crankset Group can help. This organization was created to help small business owners realize their ideal lifestyle. For more information contact http://cranksetgroup.com or contact me directly.
This has been the best thing to happen to my business, my life and even my marriage in a long time!
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