What Floor Are You On?
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there.
How many times have you stepped off an elevator only to find yourself on the wrong floor? You have the best of intentions. You have a vision about where you want to be. You have a positive mental outlook. You suffer from no lack of energy to accomplish your objectives. Yet no amount of vision, determination or hard work will help you arrive any sooner because you lack the proper roadmap to guide you to your ultimate destination.
Unfortunately, too many of us find ourselves stuck on the wrong floor when the elevator doors open. Too often we overlook the important step of developing a personal business plan that will enable us to pursue and, more importantly, realise our dreams and implement our vision. Like a roadmap, a personal business plan helps us define our objectives, plot the best course to reach our destination, and make appropriate choices along the way.
It matters not your station in life. You have the ability to grow and enhance your personal and professional life by taking the time to develop this plan. The process is not overly complex, yet few have mastered the discipline. Following are the 12 "Be's" of effective planning.