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Have You Started Planning For A Successful 2010?

By on January 4, 2010 in Ideas

The New Year is here. Do you have a plan for your business? Do you know what you’re going to do for 2010 to make your business grow and see your income dreams realized? If not, use these guidelines from Susan Baroncini-Moe at LifeHack.org to plan ahead, so you can make 2010 your year of success!

1. Look back and analyze.
First, take some time to look back on 2009 and analyze your business activities. What worked? What didn’t work? Look back and only take the activities that generated the top 20% of your income into 2010 with you. That way you’ll put the bulk of your efforts in the next year into the most profitable activities and make the most of your time and energy.

2. Do a “now” check.
Take some time to think about how you feel about your business now. Are you frustrated? Excited? Discouraged? Encouraged? Gauge how you feel and think about where those feelings are coming from. Has your enthusiasm waned? If so, why?

3. Look ahead and get your plan in place.
Now that you know where you’ve been and where you are now, it’s time to get a plan in place for the future. You’ve analyzed how you spent your time and money in the previous year, and you have a clear picture of where you are now.

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  • Mia

    You need to correct your image attribution link for this.

  • http://blog.businessownerstoolbox.com Mike Van Horn

    Very good planning guidelines!
    I’d like to add three others that I think are essential:

    1. Reconnect with your vision of where you want to go with your business. Many of us have kept our nose to the grindstone so long, trying to survive during this tough period, that we’ve lost touch with where we’re heading. And this vision is what inspires and energizes us to get through the tough times.

    2. Look at the barriers. What gets in your way? What dilemmas, uncertainties, challenges, choice points do you face? How can you tackle them? Any plan that ignores these is bound to fail.

    3. What is the desired balance between business and the rest of your life? Sometimes we get in 24/7 work mode and forget about taking care of ourselves and our family. These personal goals must be built into your plan. “In ink” so that you can’t erase or ignore them.

    If you work for a large company, you must mold your life around the demands of your job. The reason we’re in business for ourselves is to be able to build the business around our life goals, passions, and desires. If you don’t do this, you might as well have a j-o-b!

    In our annual plan workshop for small business owners, we focus on all these items.
    http://www.businessownerstoolbox.com/page.php/workshops.html

    Mike Van Horn

  • http://www.jaysonlinereviews.com/page11.php Jason

    I agree it is vital to learn from your past mistakes through trial@error of what has been profitable for you, and what has not. Just like you said spend your valuable time on activities that are actually making you money instead of wasting your time. Just upscale your efforts, and your online business, to the next level and make 2010 your most profitable year ever.