Sometimes the best things for us are the hardest things to engage in and do. Put planning at the top of that list. Planning doesn’t need to be seen as a difficult task for your business. In fact, when done right, planning will make your life easier in four different ways.
1. You can’t do it all yourself. When you get good at planning, you realize that you need help and that there are some things in your business that you shouldn’t be doing. Rather than focus on what you shouldn’t be doing, it’s better to look at your top five most important activities. When you know what you absolutely should be doing, then you know what you shouldn’t be doing.
2. Get your team involved. Planning is easier when you get the power of feedback and collaboration. The key is to have a team that is working with you and not against you.
3. Use the right metrics. There is a specific process for identifying and using metrics in your business. Once you identify the right metrics, you can use them to get feedback on your business quicker and easier.
4. Take your high level vision and put it into ground level action. You’re an entrepreneur, you think big. Now how do you take the big vision and put it into manageable steps. The planning process will help you with that.
I cover these details in more depth in this week’s podcast so check it out, enjoy, like and comment.