Putting Your Game Plan Together

In the last chapter Getting Your Priorities Straight, you learned how to develop a vision and goal for your life. In this chapter we will talk more in depth about creating your goals. Once again, a lot of this information will be repeated several times. Are you shooting in the dark or do you have a well-organized and effective game plan in place for achieving your life's goals? Let us say that you have been planning the vacation of your dreams. You find yourself so excited that you pass most of your time daydreaming about the fun you will have the things you will do on your trip rather than making a detailed plan. The departure date rolls around and you are all packed and ready to go. You arrive safely at the airport only to realize that you cannot find your departure gate because you do not know what your flight number is and to make matters worse - you cannot remember what airline you booked with. At this point you are not even sure if you were to fly to Vienna first or to Geneva. This is the beginning of your dream vacation of a lifetime. Of course, you would never actually allow such a scenario for your dream vacation. Yet, so many people treat their business in just that manner. Lack of planning and disorganization combined will not produce the results we desire. Putting you game plan together is a critical element to your success. Your game plan is simply your business plan. Consider your game plan the foundation of your business. Without a foundation the business cannot stand. To formulate your game plan you need to create a workable plan and then you need to CONSISTENTLY work that plan. Creating this plan will be one of the most rewarding things you ever do. You will feel a sense of accomplishment when you can see the fruits of your labor after working your plan. There is something very satisfying about making a commitment, sticking with it and seeing the results. Most people who start a business online do so by leaping in, without any real commitment, a sense of direction or any real understanding of the implications associated with success or failure. Many gain that understanding later, usually at a great cost. Most of the Web