I find that most people don’t plan effectively for one of two reasons other than that they feel the task is like having a root canal without the pain killer.
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.
In this down turned economy it seems that people are doing a lot of running around like a chicken with their heads cut off. Like Chicken Little crying “The sky is falling!” and then doing the equivalent of encouraging it to fall. I hear stories like this all too frequently now:
Several years ago I was talking with Jim Horan, author and owner of the One Page Business Plan Co. The subject of measuring objectives in business came up. How could it not come up? We’re talking about the the guru of business plans here. Jim and I were ‘interviewing each other’. Okay, well, Jim was interviewing me [...]