For the first time in my almost 14 year career I put a business plan in place. It has been 1 week since I started it (I know this isn't a long period of time but everything starts with the 1st day than week) and I am both excited and anxious.
This 4-1-1 is without a doubt a work in progress. When I first sat down with my pencil and paper I wanted to accomplish everything - if you saw the plan you would have laughed. After a couple of days, almost having an anxiety attack trying to meet or bite off all of the weekely activites I placed on the list, I got my first reality slap (felt more like a punch!!) The weekly plan is to be bitten off as equally as possible per day not be done all at once. Being a person that doesn't like the un-done and seeing un-done things kicks in my O.C.D. so pacing myself is my first AHA!!
Then on the 3rd day I noticed my list was so large that there was no way 1 person could complete it all and take care of CURRENT business. So out came the pencil again and some tweaking to my daily tasks. Second AHA!
Now here I am at the end of my first week working on my 2nd week's 4-1-1 and a big bolt of light just went off in my brain. A few of the tasks that I had on my overwhelming yet tweaked task list were not the 20% that MUST be accomplished, they were 80% items. Third AHA!
What I MUST do each and every day to procure new business, contacts and clients is the tasks that go on the 4-1-1 the rest is a daily to-do and if you can get to some, a lot, or most I have had a complete and productive day.
The 20% is the part of my job and my personal life that I Must complete each and every day to advance. It is a difficult thing to determine. What is my 20% and what is my 80%? That's a tough one that I will be tweaking every week.
This is not new..but I did not realize how old it is until I came across this quote:
He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign. - Victor Hugo 1802-1885
WOW!!!
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