Lisa

I have to say I had no idea how fun and productive planning can be until I participated in your teleseminar, “The POWER Planning Process.”

I’ve been an entrepreneur for over a a decade and being the fly-by-the-seat-of-her-pants type, the thought of planning in detail felt too restricting. My way wasn’t helping me achieve my goals, however, which was a real frustration. So, I had to reassess my approach.

With your process, I easily mapped out my entire year. I have weekly and even daily tasks to achieve my personal and business goals. I have peace-of-mind, my days are much less hectic and I am working so efficiently, I am ahead of schedule.

Since implementing my plan, opportunities have arisen that I can seriously consider because I am not drowning in last-minute tasks. I feel so free!

Thank you for such a well-thought and comprehensive, yet simple, planning method.

My question is this: With a great plan in place, what more can I do regarding planning? The POWER Planning Process works so well, I want to know what other tricks you personally implement to have such a thriving business!

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Thanks for the supportive comments about the POWER Planning Process.

Isn’t it interesting how it’s so much easier to outline goals in the corporate world because you know what is expected? When you own your own businesses, you’re creating your own guidelines and sometimes it’s difficult to know where to start.

Your question about mapping out action steps for projects that need to occur simultaneously and allocating time for each is so appropriate to entrepreneurs. Plus, you make a fantastic point about the need for different work styles.

Multi-task projects, (not to be confused with multi-tasking), often require more planning and need to be broken down into smaller action steps. If the thought of all of the various elements needed to complete your project is overwhelming, try listing all of the components and then determine if there are pieces you can delegate. (or need to hire an assistant to complete).

Personally, I find it essential to have a team of professionals to help with tasks that don’t fit my work style or skill set. For example, my fabulous web guru, a keen editor, virtual assistants to help with various technological tasks and the list goes on. Remember to think of this as an investment in your business.

I look forward to discussing this with you further.

Great to have you on the call! Thanks so much for taking the time to invest in your business by listening in.

It’s all about taking action to reach our ultimate desires and it sounds like you’ve already started. I’m glad the POWER Planning Process helped you.

As you said, you do have work to do and the beautiful thing about that is you now have a clear vision and you can plan your way to success.

I look forward to working with you on your individualized plan.

Your approach to power planning is very engaging, and I spent some time in the past few days writing down different action steps on post it notes that relate to my goals.

The question that I have is how to map out projects and action steps that need to happen simultaneously and allocate time for each one that may be require different work styles. I tend to be more linear, and the multi-task projects are a bit confusing for me.

Thank you.
Gerrie