Summer the time for baseball, beaches, sun and fun. It's a
time to slow down, to rest, relax and vacation, right?
Isn't that what everyone does?
Well, not exactly. In my opinion, summer is the time to
design your strategy and develop you plans for 2017. Next
year already? Yes! And here's why.
Most of us do our year-end and new-year planning in
December, to coincide with the calendar. That seems
logical, but we don't do it very well. The end of the year
is full of holidays. It's full of year-end tax planning,
distractions, busy-ness and stress, and under those
conditions, planning becomes a haphazard, hurried thing.
In contrast, the summer is a time for day dreams. It's a
time for lazy afternoons, for watching the kids at the
beach and taking long country drives. It's a natural time
to sit down, day dream and plan your future.
In my opinion, now is the time to begin planning for 2017.
Everyone else will be lazing away, but not you! Use the
long days of summer to dream big dreams, to plan your next
conquest, to detail your next project. Focus on the future
you really want and let the "lazy, hazy days of summer"
motivate you to dream bigger, go further and look higher
than you have before.
Just be sure you don't let your summer day dreams end
there. As you dream, take notes! Get a calendar and set
some targets for the next eighteen months. Use your
checkbook, profit and loss statements, and sales data to
develop a budget. Talk with colleagues and share your
dreams. Develop action steps and implementation plans.
This spring and summer, while your competition sleeps, use
your summer dreams to create the life you truly want in
2017.
time to slow down, to rest, relax and vacation, right?
Isn't that what everyone does?
Well, not exactly. In my opinion, summer is the time to
design your strategy and develop you plans for 2017. Next
year already? Yes! And here's why.
Most of us do our year-end and new-year planning in
December, to coincide with the calendar. That seems
logical, but we don't do it very well. The end of the year
is full of holidays. It's full of year-end tax planning,
distractions, busy-ness and stress, and under those
conditions, planning becomes a haphazard, hurried thing.
In contrast, the summer is a time for day dreams. It's a
time for lazy afternoons, for watching the kids at the
beach and taking long country drives. It's a natural time
to sit down, day dream and plan your future.
In my opinion, now is the time to begin planning for 2017.
Everyone else will be lazing away, but not you! Use the
long days of summer to dream big dreams, to plan your next
conquest, to detail your next project. Focus on the future
you really want and let the "lazy, hazy days of summer"
motivate you to dream bigger, go further and look higher
than you have before.
Just be sure you don't let your summer day dreams end
there. As you dream, take notes! Get a calendar and set
some targets for the next eighteen months. Use your
checkbook, profit and loss statements, and sales data to
develop a budget. Talk with colleagues and share your
dreams. Develop action steps and implementation plans.
This spring and summer, while your competition sleeps, use
your summer dreams to create the life you truly want in
2017.
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