WHICH DIRECTION ARE YOU HEADEDI hear all the time I am an outside the box thinker. Well if you think you dream the question is when do you start doing? Step up and get rid of the box.
Years ago I thought about a direction in life (long term goals) then I though deeper about a daily direction. We will either go forward, backwards or stay neutral on any given day. I am not as concerned about a neutral day here and there but 30 in a row in concerning.
So if you want to win keep a daily log and just put the day and what happened that took you forward, backward or kept you neutral. Review it and then reassess your situation. It's amazing when you can see a 30 day cycle of your life and events that change your directions.
- What did you do today to move forward?
- What customers are holding you back and are they worth retaining? I always try to get the worst customers to move to my competition..
- On days you go backwards - what took you backwards?
- Do you have time-lines planned for certain events to happen and are you sticking to them? Many times yesteryear I put a time-line down and missed it by days, months and in the end what I missed them for was stupid.
Give this a try and see if you can substantially improve your business.
I also suggest trying to network with at least 1 new person per week. Sometimes your Rolodex is more valuable that what you actually do and helping others with great products get introduced to your network could be a huge profit center you have overlooked for years. What did Kissinger get 250k for lunch to put people together?