Return On Investment (ROI) In Writing A Business Plan

Holding this type of information in your head will cause it to explode – and cause your business to implode.

The power of writing down the things you think of and especially the things that worry you the most can be seen in the photo. What is even more powerful is where these thoughts and ideas can lead and where they can branch off to.

The image shows some of the things that were keeping my client awake at night and causing all types of stress and health issues during the day. This and too many Red Bull’s had him constantly on edge.

What Was I Thinkin'?

As we worked on this project the client began to have some realizations:

Wow! Look at all the stuff I gotta do!
I don’t have enough hours in the day to do all of this!
- Time exists so that you don’t have to do it all at once.
His job as the manager is to determine what is critical and who is to deal with it.

And the biggest reason he wants to get going on his plan?

He lost a contract worth $50,000 because he was paying attention to the rest of his business, too busy fighting fires.

I have written a four part series based on live work with a clients’ permission to talk in general terms about the process and the numbers. Here are links to the series of articles. I will make them ‘live’ as the posts are uploaded.