| Has this ever happened to you? | | | | Give yourself or anyone working with you the proper |
| You spend hours and hours working on a new | | | | training they need to in order to follow your process. |
| process. You dot all the "I"s cross all the "T"s and | | | | Everyone (including you) should have all the tools |
| then some how you still ended up doing it the same | | | | they need and fully understand what needs to be |
| ole' way. | | | | done. |
| You go to a fantastic seminar, you are all pumped up | | | | Step 4: Find a Place |
| and excited, but then somehow all the stuff you | | | | Decide where you are going to keep your new |
| learned just sits on your desk. | | | | process or plan. Do you have a book that you can |
| Or how about this one. You finally read that book | | | | keep next to you? I am a visual person so I |
| that's been sitting on your nightstand, it had great | | | | physically tape a new process to the wall in front of |
| ideas in it and you see how you could do things a | | | | me so I always see it. I had one client that saved her |
| little bit differently to make some more cash. But | | | | new process as her screen saver. |
| time goes by, the book ends up on the shelf and | | | | Step 5: Follow the Bouncing Boxes |
| you never implement any of those great ideas. | | | | Actually follow your plan or process. How do you |
| It's like taking the time to research, test drive and | | | | know if it's working if you don't actually do it? |
| buy a new car. Then parking that expensive, shinny | | | | Remember you committed to implement. |
| new car in the garage and driving the old one. | | | | Step 6: Keep Track of What's Working - And What's |
| Don't leave your shinny new process in the garage to | | | | Not |
| collect dust. | | | | As you go along, make notes and keep records of |
| Here is a step-by-step system to get you | | | | things that you could streamline, delegate out or are |
| implementing all your hard work. | | | | not running as smoothly as you would like. You'll use |
| Step 1: What's in your way? | | | | these notes later. |
| Determine what resistance there might be before | | | | Step 7: Version 2 |
| you get started. Are you a procrastinator? Do you | | | | At the end of 21 days, go through those notes |
| need a new web guy? Did you just set up a | | | | you've been making. Put your consultant's hat on and |
| schedule where your best work needs happen when | | | | see if there is anything that will make your process |
| you're taking your kids to school? Set yourself up for | | | | even better. Incorporate those changes into your |
| success by dealing with barriers and issues before | | | | process and voila, version 2. |
| you get started. | | | | Step 8: Count down to Launch |
| Step 2: Commit to Implement | | | | Pick a date when version 2 goes into action. On that |
| It takes 21 days to form a habit. So commit to | | | | date, start the implementation process over again |
| following your new process or plan for 21 days. | | | | and keep that ball rolling. |
| Come on, that's only 3 weeks. You can do anything | | | | Now get out those new processes and start |
| for 3 weeks, right? | | | | implementing. |
| Step 3: The Proper Training | | | | |