Get on the EARLY track for a Remarkable 2007

Begin early when you aren’t so pressured by the beginning of a new year and all of the business ramifications that go with it. By the pressures of Holiday celebrations and stress, end of the ear work, seasonal health issues including light deprivation.

Identify three things (or more) that you want your business to do in 2007. Write these things down for they are your GOALS during the next year.

Look them over. There is one that needs to be done before the others; then a next one that needs to be done before the very last. Prioritize your list and choose which you know will benefit your business if it is accomplished first. (If you don’t have an eraser, scratch through changes and write AGAIN)

LIST your resources – yes you do have resources available that can be applied early-on to your goals. Recognizing these resources is your next line of action.

• Raw data from past business
• Accounts or memberships for services and tools
• Historical information about your business and/or field
• Reference resources that focus on your field (trade papers, magazines, trade case histories, trade directories)
• Staff (How many people will be available and how much of their time will be available for work on new ideas or projects?)
• Who do you know who has information that will help? How do you get up your nerve to ask them?
  

What might be roadblocks to your efficiency and success? Establishing a plan to eliminate or work around roadblocks before you encounter them is a useful exercise.

• Faulty or inadequate physical location or office structure
• Inadequate equipment
• Inadequate staff
• Competition
  

These are a few ideas that you can expand upon for your plan to have a REMARKABLE 2007.

Get started early and succeed on time.