I once visited a business
owner who didn't keep a daily calendar. I asked him how he figured out what he was going to do each day. His answer was simple.
"I do whatever needs to be done."
This was a man who thought he wanted to get ahead. But he didn't stand a chance. He started every day
already behind, reacting to the urgencies of the moment, always waiting for some spare time to get "not urgent"
things done. Of course, he never did.
His business was running him, instead of the other way around.
Don’t’ Just Keep a Calendar…
Use Your Calendar to
Get More Done
Running
a successful business demands thinking strategically – seeing the challenges and opportunities that might lie ahead,
and figuring out how to best manage them. One of the most effective management practices I know is scheduling time every week
for these non-urgent, strategic, working on the business matters.
Calendar
Alert! Firszt Friday webinar: Profit on Purpose
Friday, Feb 3, 11a - noon Central. Click here for more info.
I recommend leveraging your calendar even further.
In addition to your daily appointments with others, and those weekly strategy appointments with yourself, put your entire
to-do list on the calendar. This defines three things you absolutely need to actually get stuff done: What, When, and
How Long.
A to-do
list only defines What.
You can read more about how and why this works in a short blog I’ve posted called Throwing Away Your To-Do
List. www.ffbizcoach.com/blog.html
Calendar Alert! 4-session QuickBooks for Integrators
on-line telecourse
starts Friday, Feb 17, 11a Central.
Click here for more info.
Let’s Make February Useful!
There’s a reason February
is the shortest month on the calendar. The weather sucks (wherever I’ve lived, anyway – IL, WI, MO); there’s
no football or baseball to be watched, no golf to be played; and the only “holiday” is a creation of greeting
card companies and florists. Someday, I swear, I’m going to take the whole month off and go someplace warm.
As it happens, I do get a couple
days in Florida at the end of the month. Tuesday, Feb 28 I’ll be presenting a seminar called Forever Small? at the HES meeting in Orlando. I’ll
be hanging around all day and next for meetings; if you’re going to be there, send me an e-mail and we can set up a time to get together.
This week, Friday at 11a
Central, I’m conducting a one-hour webinar about a systematic
way to become more profitable in 2012, and beyond. Fast-Forward’s TLM System really works, and there’s no charge
to learn how and why. No charge to attend! Info and registration at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/700038922.
Then,
starting Thursday, Feb 9, the 2012
Profit Management Program gets underway. I still have openings for any company seeking management practices proven
to improve productivity and profits. This 10-month program is a seriously valuable way to learn and implement powerful strategies
from the Top-Line Management System. See the link below.
Calendar Alert!
2012 Profit Management Program
starts Thursday,
Feb 9, 3p Central. Click here for more info.
Finally, the 16th edition of the popular QuickBooks for Integrators on-line telecourse starts Friday,
February 17, with a second session February 24, and the final two sessions in early March. This course teaches
the best, most efficient way for integration companies to use QuickBooks, with or without a corresponding design program like
Bid Magic or SRS. More info at www.ffbizcoach.com/qbcourse.html.
So, take out that calendar and make appointments with yourself to get important and strategic
things done. If some of those appointments happen to involve Fast-Forward, fantastic. But even if not, I’m pulling for
you to get more done, and make more money, starting now.
May you Grow & Prosper
