You’ve heard all the productivity advice; plan your day, work your plan, block time, get things done, hack life with zen habits, first things first, etc.

But how about doing nothing?

…Or dreaming?

…Or sitting and reflecting?

Dreamers vs. Doers And Productivity

Doers are the productive ones. Dreamers never accomplish anything.

That’s the myth.

But a closer look reveals a different truth…Read More…

Here are some great business growth quotes from great leaders. Some may surprise you –

Mahatma Gandhi

“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
John F. Kennedy

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In just the last year 7,593 facilitators, coaches, managers, planning team and business owners have accessed these 7 strategic planning process steps. I hope it helps you craft a clear, powerful strategic plan as it has them. Also, see below for Free Strategic Planning Template

Here are the 7 simple steps in the strategic planning process…

How you see strategic planning determines what you get out of it.

You can see it as a boring (but necessary) strategic plan you have to do … Or you can see this process steps as one of the most powerful forces at your fingertips for creating impact and change.

I’ve seen simple changes in business strategy increase an organization’s productivity by 400% in 2-weeks…

I’ve seen it transform the effectiveness, reach and impact of non-profits and government agencies, and local governments.

I’ve watched it grow a start-up from a company struggling to do a million dollars a year into a 10 million dollar business 3 years later…

I’ve seen it double another companies revenue in a single year…

I don’t know of another force that rivals its power to create breakthrough results.

My goal is to give you a simple, step-by-step process to harness the power of strategy for both you and your organization.

The reward for a little time with these planning process steps is profound. It changes organizations and futures.

Whether you are thinking through these steps on your own or leading a team through them, remember strategy has the power to multiply your resources, change the game, and take your organization to the next level.

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As business leaders, the actions we take in the market place come from the thoughts we have about the market.

Looking at the actions that many businesses are (or are not) taking, I’m convinced they are having some of the following thoughts…

“My customers will never leave me no matter how badly I treat them.”
“My competitors are slow and stupid so I don’t need to push any new initiatives forward.”
“This product or service couldn’t be improved on.”
“Those new trends will take years to materialize.”
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
“Market forces will have no impact on our pricing in the foreseeable future.”

So, what are your thoughts about your market and competitors?

Does your business need a vision? You decide how your vision of the future stacks up against these great leaders.

” I will build a motor car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God’s great open spaces. ” –Henry FordRead More…

Fact one: as a business leader, one of the most important strategic resources your business possesses is your mind and imagination. So, how you invest your thinking time has a profound influence on the success and prosperity of your business.

Fact two: An hour focused on one issue or challenge or opportunity in your business may only return a fraction of the payoff as the same amount of brain-power applied to a different challenge or opportunity.

The problem is that precisely because you are a leader, you face a daily flurry of employee, market, product, service, facilities issues. Who knows what the day may bring fourth – an employee with a meltdown or a server melts down that brings the business to a stop?Read More…

If you need, or want, a breakthrough in your business…these lessons from the pilot who broke the sound barrier are vital to your future success

The other night I was flipping through the channels and ended up catching part of the History Channel’s story on Chuck Yeager’s shattering the sound barrier.

If you’re not familiar with the story, here are the cliff notes. Planes that had tried to breakthrough before were often torn apart. At the time, they didn’t even know if it was possible to break through the sound barrier.

And, when Yeager fired up the enginesRead More…

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• How to use obstacles to take you from struggle to success
• The single most important element necessary to take your business to the next level
• Why you may be in the “wrong business”
• How to change the game on your competitors with this simple I.T.A.P formula
• Your most priceless asset

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Whenever I suggest a a business owner set the goal of “Doubling Profits in 6 Months or Less” a lot of experienced entrepreneurs kinda roll their eyes and say, “Yea, right.”

I get it. . .

Doubling your profits sounds like a major, all hands on deck effort. And a market with ‘pansies’ for competitors wouldn’t hurt.

But let me give you some motivation – and proof- that it is a possible goal and you should attempt it. And that it is far easier than you think it is.

Perhaps you haven’t looked at it this way before… Read More…