Looking Forward
One of the last exercises we did in the Turbocharge Your Business class was to pretend it is a year from now and that we’ve just bumped into someone from the class, and to tell them all about the past year. Here’s what I said:
I had a really great year! I have been busy, steady. There hasn’t been one month where I’ve had to sit down and figure out where I’m going to get the money for bills this month; it’s always been where it needed to be when it needed to be there, and in fact, I’ve been able to actually put some money aside. We’re thinking we might be able to put a down payment on a condo on the Lakeshore.
The reason that I’ve been able to do this is because I’ve got people in place that I’ve been able to subcontract to or refer to if I was too busy, or things I didn’t want to do, and I’ve also got systems in place for myself so I can stay on top of what needs to be done and follow up with my clients who need that extra prodding to make sure that the work gets done and not just forgotten about.
I’ve started to form a Team 100 list, my 100 experts that I can go to or refer to, and everybody’s starting to think of me as the resource person - if they want to know something, they call me, because they know that I either know the answer or can find the answer for them quickly.
And the best part of it is, even though I’m so busy, I’m taking good care of myself, I’m healthy, I’m spending time with my friends and my family, my relationships are stronger than ever, and I’ve even got some time to do something for my community; I’ve been doing some volunteer work. I’m so happy – I feel great!
What’s really exciting about this is that it doesn’t seem unrealistic (except maybe the part about the condo on the Lakeshore) - especially when I consider that my income doubled from 2005 to 2006, and based on my current list of ongoing clients, could easily double again in 2007.
