How I Work At Home

Written by Paul Ellis


Usually I get a one hour nap inrepparttar afternoon, andI go to bed at about 8:30. This results in me awakening before 4:00 am, rested and ready for work! I get up quietly so as to not arouse my dear wife, and go torepparttar 105212 computer. Usually I start by readingrepparttar 105213 events ofrepparttar 105214 last 24 hours onrepparttar 105215 DEBKAfile website. (DEBKAfile is a news intelligence service located inrepparttar 105216 Middle East, and isrepparttar 105217 finest source of facts about events in Isreal, andrepparttar 105218 war in Iraq that I have found) after that I work on building my downline, largely by following Stone Evans "30 day plan". until about 9:00 am,

Cultivating Your Pathway to Success: Don’t Leave Your Company’s Future to Chance

Written by Howard Lewinter


Any successful CEO, president or business owner will tell you, operating a business is a formidable task. Every day brings an endless blizzard of problems, decisions and meetings. It can be easy to lose sight of one ofrepparttar most important tasks facing any company leader -- developing a long term plan to ensurerepparttar 105211 company’s future growth and success.

Many entrepreneurial businesses don’t do any planning, claiming they will just “wing it,” “go withrepparttar 105212 flow” or “fake it till they make it.” Savvy executives understandrepparttar 105213 value of planning. These executives understand that not only is daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly planning critical, but an annual business plan or strategic plan is crucial for its value, adding structure to bothrepparttar 105214 organization and its day-to-day operations.

Strategic planning examinesrepparttar 105215 issues facingrepparttar 105216 company, and plans in advance how each will be addressed. Developingrepparttar 105217 plan forces you to invest time examining critical issues facingrepparttar 105218 company when you haverepparttar 105219 luxury to evaluate options before you must determine how to best proceed. The plan will help you evaluate internal and external issues. Consider too how world events could impact your company and outline steps to maintain your current business shouldrepparttar 105220 worst occur. Planning in advance establishesrepparttar 105221 roadmap that ensures you meet all of your goals.

The plan will reflectrepparttar 105222 best ideas from a wide range of individuals withinrepparttar 105223 company, including specific input from key departments. The purpose is to pull togetherrepparttar 105224 vision forrepparttar 105225 company – not just inrepparttar 105226 short term butrepparttar 105227 long term as well. Each member ofrepparttar 105228 planning team must be committed torepparttar 105229 process and its ongoing requirements, truly thinking through each element. Let’s look atrepparttar 105230 steps involved to develop a strategic plan.

Gather Information

Gather information on: 1) The company: evaluate strengths and weaknesses, analyze sales statistics, potential opportunities andrepparttar 105231 risks involved. 2) Employees: review policies and procedures. 3) The industry: identify industry trends or influences. 4) The competition: what are they doing better than you, and where are yourepparttar 105232 stronger competitor? 5) Suppliers and other vendors—are they supplying you withrepparttar 105233 best goods and services atrepparttar 105234 very best price? 6) The client: Who is your customer? What is your unique selling position? Why do customers give yourepparttar 105235 sale or why don’t they? 7) The future: Utilizing a time line, what key issues mustrepparttar 105236 company face in order to plan forrepparttar 105237 future?

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