Planning

Your Goals Suck: Why The Process Matters More Than The Result

Okay, your goals don’t really suck. I’m actually a big fan of goals. In fact, the bigger the goal, the better, as far as I’m concerned. I have all of my clients prepare 180-day goals for me immediately when we start working together. The idea being that if they have...

Why You Should Pick Really Big Goals

In Issue #1 I shared the first part of this story: In February of 2012, just 13 months before my 40th birthday, I stepped on the scale and weighed a whopping 238.3 pounds. At 5’11” this weight put me squarely into the “morbidly obese” category. I was ashamed and...

Control Your Time Using The Optimal Week

Do you remember when you started (or bought) your business? You had this thing called “hope”. Hope that finally THIS would be your ticket out of the rat race. Hope that you would now be able to control your life and your time. Hope that by creating this new venture...

Kill Your Annual Plan – And Do This Instead (12 Week Year)

When I was getting my MBA back in the mid-90’s, the focus on planning was VERY real. Business plans, marketing plans, exit plans, strategic plans, etc., were all the rage and it seemed like all you really needed to be successful was an idea, a copy of BizPlan Builder...

SBPB Secret Weapon: The Sunday Planning Session

I run into entrepreneurs all the time who are running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to simply “make it” through each day. The hit the ground running in the morning, rush through their day constantly moving from one task to the next, never even...