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Aug 11 2014

3 Personal Life Plan Tips Most People Miss

Over the past 15 years, we’ve coached hundreds of people through personal and business planning. Nearly every week I am reminded that I am privileged to work with so many remarkably talented people. Yet event these high-performing leaders face day-to-day challenges that threaten the well-being of their life plan and work relationships.

This post is part of the series – Personal Life Planning that Works.
Your Life Matters
Grow on Purpose
3 Reasons Everyone Should Have a Personal Life Plan
The #1 Way to Get Better Results with Your Personal Life Plan
3 Personal Life Plan Tips Most People Miss

I recently spent some time thinking about the hurdles that trip up nearly everyone as they work through a personal life plan.

BONUS: I’ve created a NEW Guide that will walk you step-by-step through writing your own SIMPLE Personal Life Plan. You can get a copy of this life-changing tool at the end of this post.

I want you to be effective. I want you to be successful. So here are 3 Tips for Personal Life Planning Most People Miss…

Feb 24 2014

The SIMPLE One-Page Business Plan

Most business planning approaches have one similar flaw – they’re far too complicated! The majority of organizations and leaders don’t need a 100-page business plan that sits on a remote shelf in a corner office somewhere collecting dust never again to see the light of day.

What they do need is a ridiculously simple, clear business plan that outlines:

What you will do and what you will become.
How you will reach your goals.
Where you need to make improvements.

If you have not written (and are not regularly reviewing) a simple business plan, you will continue to struggle with clarity, results, and profit.

I recently wrote an article, The ONE Reason Everyone Needs a SIMPLE Business Plan. Take a second to click over to review it because it will add value to this article.

For years, I struggled to make the progress that I knew was possible in my work and with my team. I knew I had to do something. So I developed a Simple, One-Page Business Plan Template.

The template really is simple – which is what allowed me to make significant progress and gain momentum. The template has 4 short sections – End, Action, Change, Review.

Today, I am going to give you a copy of my business plan guide and template. More about that in a moment.

Feb 17 2014

The ONE Reason Everyone Should Create a SIMPLE Business Plan

When YOU think of business planning, what comes to mind? Scary? Boring? Valuable? Too much trouble? Worthless? Priceless?

There are literally hundreds of business plan guides, software programs, and websites, and thousands of business planning consultants. Many business planning approaches have one similar flaw – they’re far too complicated – even for business leaders.

Many of them would take us days, weeks, months, even years to complete. And then they’d sit on a remote shelf in a corner office somewhere collecting dust never again to see the light of day.

That’s NOT the kind of business plan I’m talking about. The best ideas – the best businesses – begin as SIMPLE ideas that are pursued with fanatic clarity.

Jun 25 2012

Getting things in the right order

Getting things in the right order is a guest post by Rodney Agan. Rodney is Chaplain for the Carrollton City (GA) Police Department and is senior pastor of North Point Baptist Church. Be sure to check out Rodney’s blog and follow him on Twitter.

There are so many things in life that I would like to “do over”.

As we get older and more experienced we see things more clearly. And we see the end results more clearly. When planning a project or event, we should factor in as many potential outcomes as possible.

Normally, we have a great idea, we act on it, and face the results later. Sort of like – Ready. Fire. Aim. And we suffer because of this rationale.

Without proper planning and patience we will fail more than we succeed.

Feb 08 2012

One Practical Way to Change Your Life Forever

We spend time planning all kinds of things – to make the paycheck stretch as far as possible, for summer vacation, for the holiday office party, for the kid’s birthday parties – the list goes on.

But, let’s face it – most of us “waste” very little time planning for LIFE. In fact, when we read a sentence like the previous one, our temptation is to quit reading – to close the blog post. (I’m glad you didn’t!)

The truth is that developing a life or business plan doesn’t mean that everything will turn out exactly the way you map it out. It simply means that you have invested time and effort into discovering what matters most in life or in your work. What do you value most?

BONUS: I’ve created a NEW Guide that will walk you step-by-step through writing your own SIMPLE Personal Life Plan. You get a copy of this life-changing tool at the end of this article.

Several years ago, I read a book that profoundly impacted the way that I think about my life – E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. In his book about why most organizations fail, Michael Gerber wrote: