Have you ever heard the saying, Plan Your Work then Work Your Plan? The secret of many successful business is just that. Create a 5 year, 1 year, 6 month, 1 month or a 1 week plan for your business then start working it. Without some sort of roadmap to your destination, the chances of you reaching your goals are highly diminshed!

This technique can be adapted to so many scenarios from growing your client base, managing a large project, tackling a home improvement project or even reaching your weight loss goal.

By breaking down larger tasks into smaller steps, identifying intermediary goals, and holding yourself accountable along the way, you’d be surprised at all you can accomplish.

Rather than follow Wendy’s Monday Motivation lead and posting my to-do list for today, I am going to be posting weekly goals instead. My Monday’s are just too chopped up to be overly productive – but they are perfect for knocking out a lot of little tasks.

My goals for this week are:

• For my business:
  • Research and begin implementing some new affiliate programs on my sites in preparation for the upcoming shopping season.
  • Update my income spreadsheet and identify areas of growth and areas for improvement.

• For myself:
  • Increase my water intake and lower my sugar intake
  • Start brainstorming Christmas gift ideas so I can start picking up things as I see them rather than waiting to the last minute

How about you? Do you have a plan? What steps will you take today or this week to start working towards that goal?