Focus, Determination...and a PLAN

You may have read post's concerning my New Years resolutions and the success I have been having with them.

Well another of my resolutions has been to focus more intently on growing my Investigation and Training business. To date, it seems to be working.

I have been making at least one positive step per day in focusing on and advancing my business. This blog, for instance is one of those steps, although I really view this as an enjoyable side issue. I enjoy posting details of what I am up to and how I can benefit you as a student or just giving you an isea of what I am up to. Any flow on in a business sense is really just a bonus.

I have written up several positive affirmations on the white side of some old business cards and I refer to these affirmations several times a day. Each of them is designed to focus on a separate yet complimentary side of my business life and I have found that they really do tend to keep me focused and aimed in the direction I wish to go.

One of them states: "If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you no where".Think about that for a micro second. Don't you just know it makes sense?

For that reason I have made a much more structured start to the year and this in turn has made my goals that much easier to maintain. I have written out a plan of attack for the first three months of the year and so far I am on track. If I had not made that plan I can confidently state that I would be all over the place again by now.

So, write down what you want to achieve, incorporate it into you wider plan and refer to it on a daily basis. I remember when I was planning business and the office I now work from, I had a very detailed vision of how it would look and what was required. And guess what I ended up with. An office I am very proud to call mine and which I can confidently meet clients and students, and one I enjoy coming to every day.

I have to work harder than some to maintain my enthusiasm, but that is of no concern, every small goal acheived - no matter how trivial it may seem,
fires me up for more action to succeed in the overall plan.

Do you know where you are going?

I have always used a diary, well at least for the past 25 years or so, and so that comes naturally to me now. You may not feel so comfortable with a diary, but make the effort and it pays huge dividends. I prefer the hardcopy version of a diary as I can adjust it at will and carry it with me. The computer versions are fine but don't seem to work as well for me.

Mind you, I have just remembered I wrote in my nephew's birthday for today and I forgot to ring him and wish him happy double figures. So you do have to make the effort to check it every day. It is the first thing I do everyday when I first sit down at my desk and in using it throughout the day I am constantly re-checking my stated targets for the day. Today being a Saturday, however, I didn't really sit down at my desk in the usual fashion so my routine went out the window. I'll need to work on that.

I am determined to succeed in the Investigation and Training business I have established, I have so thoroughly enjoyed working for myself that I cannot, and have not, imagined returning to the daily grind of working for someone else. Granted there have been occassion's where I would have enjoyed the more consistent income, but over all - and without question, I know I made the correct decision to go into business for myself.

If you are considering a similar move then feel free to give me a call, I am happy to discuss the issues of business set up and the pitfalls I have managed to avoid, bounce out of or steered clear of entirely. Don't think I am naive enough to think I know it all, I surely do not, and fully expect to go on learning for the rest of my days. But that prospect thrills me now, it is not one I dread.

Ask me anything you want in relation to any training, business set up process or other business related matter on http://www.drmgroup.com.au/ .


I am off to my next Toastmaster's meeting on Tuesday, my fourth Italian lesson on Friday, the bookkepper is lined up ready to receive my jumbled accounts (another goal)and a task I am happy to outsource to the experts, I have cleared the decks of all the legal documents needing my attention and can face the new week with confidence that I am on track. That determination and more importantly - the PLAN - is really beginning to show a return. Get out your pen and paper and put your plan in writing. It is never too late.

Think Long and Prosper
Biggles