A Game Plan Will Save Your Day

Like a professional athlete you need a game plan, otherwise you’ll lose your day to distractions and urgencies; you’ll run from one activity to another, always busy, always in motion. Starting your day without a game plan puts other team in control and you play their game as events in your day pull you helplessly along. You’ll be busy, but not productive; motion without direction won’t win game. It’s not about “doing things right”, it’s about “doing right things right.”

Here are a few simple steps to take to win your game everyday.

•Begin a list each day of important tasks not completed from day before. •Add tasks to this list that are driven by commitments you made to others that you recorded in your journal on previous day. •Add any tasks that will prepare you for meetings and appointments for day and a few days ahead. •As a last step, prioritize this list designating “must do today” items with letter A, “should do’s” with letter B, and “could do’s” with a C.

In less than 15 minutes you’ll have your game plan done. Now run winning plays first, ones with letter A.

A Game Plan is a Critical Success Factor

You’re in business of delivering service and advice. To inspire loyalty and trust in your clients you must keep your commitments to them. This means staying on top of commitments you make everyday. Just 15 minutes a day of building your game plan for day will put you in charge and give you control. Legendary football coach Bear Bryant said, “It's not will to win that counts as much as will to prepare to win.” Win each day by preparing a game plan to win each day.

If you would like to receive an in-depth tutorial on daily Game Plan process, send me an email with subject line “Game Plan”.

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