What’s your plan for 2010?

The year 2010 is a stone’s throw away.

In less than 45 days we will be welcoming in a new year. I’m sending this message to remind you that, in addition to stuffing your face with turkey and shopping for your loved ones, this time of year is great for defining next year’s plan of action. Checking this one more box in 2009 will greatly impact the next 12 months of your business.

We’ve all heard the phrase, “work smarter, not harder.” As a young’n it was constantly drilled into my brain by those who wanted to help me succeed, but it wasn’t until I was 10 years into the business world that I fully understood that first part of the equation – the working smarter side of things.

My definition of working smart is pretty simple, and it centers around one question: is each one of your daily tasks working toward a specific goal? Every day we do 100 different things; the tighter these tasks align with your defined goal, the smarter you’ll be working, and thus the higher the probability of accomplishing your goal. In Texas terms, you need to have a plan and work the plan.

At planet Boundless, our teams are deep into their business planning for 2010. In the interest of sharing some best practices, I wanted to forward our business planning four-step process to other industry professionals. This is a very simple exercise, so hopefully it will start the fly-wheel for your own business planning.

**Click here to check out Business Planning 101, our one-page guide.

Hopefully this will provide some value and assist your efforts in having a great 2010.

Best of luck!

- JB

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