Working from a plan of some sort has always made sense to me. It helps to clarify what's important and what the steps are for making consistent progress. There have been times when I would spend lots of time "getting ready." I did this numerous of times - getting ready that is. This morning I was looking through some old notes from various meetings I've attended and I came across the following:
"'Getting ready' often gives a person the feeling of progress, but it's usually a delaying tactic that gets in the way of growth...."
I wrote a note to myself in my notes:
"Stop getting ready and get with it."
I got pretty good at thinking I was working the business by doing things that got in the way and allowed me to delay doing the right things for growth. I found it wasn't always easy to get myself going in the right direction. I'm sure many of you can relate - it's easy to get caught in that trap. In this business we are the CEO. You are the CEO of your business and your life as I am of mine. I learned that the reason I would find myself doing nothing but thinking I was making progress was because I was the CEO and I wasn't accountable to anyone except myself.
Being isolated and not having someone off whom to bounce ideas is deadly. The biggest challenge we have in this business is getting ourselves going and doing the right things. For that reason, it's a good idea to have someone to talk with - an accountability partner - about what is happening. Find someone you can talk with, someone who does not or will not criticize. Give your conversation a time frame (and I say this from experience because if you don't have a time limit it's easy to get sidetracked talking about what doesn't work or what isn't working). Having an accountability partner isn't for complaining. It's for getting yourself thinking and doing the right things. It will help you to keep your dream alive as well as challenging yourself to start doing what you know has to be done. Think about it.
Enthusiastically,
Gary Burke
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