As I mentioned last week, I attended a virtual
retreat held by Sandra Martini in her Create Your
Best Year Ever Program. I had so much fun at this event, as it's been
a long time since I actually ignored the phone, email, and whatever else was
going on around me to really concentrate on planning for the growth of my
business. All of those ideas for my business that I'd either been carrying
around in my head or had written up in various notes to myself were exhumed and
inserted into my plan for 2010 (or just completely eliminated).
I had a couple of "ah-ha" moments during that
virtual retreat:
1. My life has certainly gotten in the way
of growing my business. From my relocation back to Texas to multiple
hurricane evacuations and forced relocations to beginning a new romantic
relationship to moving yet again to my mom's death to getting married...whew!
It's no wonder my business has taken a back seat in the last few years.
2. I was stunned to discover that I had not
offered a fee-based training or coaching program in almost 5 years! Sure,
I'd been a guest on teleclasses for colleagues and held my own free teleclasses
for growing my list, but I had not put together anything that I charged for
(other than membership to my subscription website, OnlineBizU.com or 1:1
coaching/consulting). I used to do that fairly regularly and never
realized I'd dropped the ball.
It's amazing what some dedicated time to be introspective does to help you with
your own reality check. And, while I wasn't looking, an entire decade of
the 21st century whizzed by. With Sandra's help, I'm getting my plans and
my calendar in place, and am planning for a busy and prosperous 2010. How
about you??
In this issue, I'm re-running an article I wrote several years
ago on creating your own business retreat. I'm not doing my own in quite
this way any longer, but if you're not doing one at all, it should provide
enough help to get you started.
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