Posts Tagged planning
What are you trying to do?
Posted by Steve in Miscellaneous on February 8, 2010
Sometimes the simplest way of opening a door is to ask a simple question: What are you trying to do?
It is the same question as what is your goal, but it can also be a lot less intimidating. Goals imply organization and thought. IF ther are no goals then there must have been no organization or thought. On the other hand, trying to do something is more relaxed. If someone really has not set goals they will more likely be just trying to do something.
Today I asked that of a client; within 10 minutes I got a call back from there head of marketing. A very excited person was telling me about all sorts of things they are doing and all this help they would like. We had to plan on another conversation this week. That simple question opened up a lot of doors.
What are YOU trying to do?
Change Happens – Be Prepared
The difference between successful people in the US and unsuccessful people can be attributed to many different things but most of the time it comes down to how well they handle change.
Those that handle change better often do better because they know how to come out on top.
Rather than going into a lot of detail right now, I want you to think about the most likely change that could happen to you over the next six months. What are the likely outcomes? How will you prevent the bad outcomes? How will you take steps to insure the better outcomes? What if nothing happens?
When you get it in your mind that “change happens” you can often deal better with it. Be prepared is the Boy Scout Motto, for good reason, because change happens.