A Business Plan in How Many Pages?

You know you need a business plan -- you do. But you don't have the time or the money to devote to creating a multi-page, bound document that you're not sure how to use. Business planning doesn't have to be tough. Use the power of the One Page Plan to create a simple, living document that you can use daily to plan your business efforts.

I started using the One Page Plan a year ago and it changed the way my business grew. I could carry my plan with me and, if an opportunity came that was inconsistent with my plan, I could easily steer clear and stay focused on my business. All of the extraneous material was gone.

Work That Network

Networking had been just that -- work -- for me until I learned several key facts. The top of the list is that the people in the room aren't interested in me, mostly at all. They're interested in themselves, their interests and their agenda. I didn't like it, but it was true. When I got dialed-into this fact of life and began working my net consistent with the true intentions of the people in the room, life got much easier and I began producing greater results. Later, as I got to learn more about each person, they let their guard down and became more open -- more consistent with who they were in the rest of their lives.

What are your networking frustrations and successes?

First Things First...Sure! After I Do My Email, and Check Voicemail, and Help this Customer, and Call Home...

Are you functioning daily based on your core values and priorities? Heck, do you even have time to figure out what they are? Whether you're read the book of the month, First Things First, or not, feel free to happily weigh in on this timely subject (yeah, that was bad)!

Good to Great

Jim Collins' book, which follows on the success of his other work, Built to Last, focuses on the answer to this question: "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how does that happen."

What Stops You from Getting Help?

You think about hiring someone to help, but get stopped by...what? The expense? Not knowing who or how to hire someone? Being unsure whether to contract it out or hire it in?

Write in your comments and have at it!

Email Hell

Email was designed to help speed communications. Where does email put a crimp in your productivity?