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P~P~S Success Weekly Bulletin Monday, October 30, 2006. Paul's thought of the week: Once you know what your dreams are, how will you reach them? Your Business Plan is the Roadmap to Your Dreams In the course of my practice, clients often want to know why they struggle so much to reach their dreams. There are lots of reasons this might be so, but one of my first answers is always that most people just don’t have a business plan. That’s right, a business plan. The journey to your legacy is just like any other journey. If you don’t know the right routes to take, you’re not likely to get to your destination. The key function of a business plan is to provide you with a set of concrete steps to take you from where you (and your business) are in life now to where you want to be. The business plan focuses your money and energy on the specific steps you need to reach your dream. It helps you to forecast and weather times of trouble and shows investors that your business is worth their contributions. And even if you don’t want to run a company of your own, a business plan is essential. If you’re employed by someone else, you are a sole proprietor and your boss is your best customer. A business plan is your guide to becoming the best you can be at the job that you have, and leads you to the job or business you love. If you aren’t in the job that you love, your plan will chart out the steps necessary to move to one that you do love. Your business plan describes the ways you will improve your skill set, it sets a strategy to market yourself to the right employer and plans a course for advancement once you’ve been hired. In short, a business plan isn’t just a plan for businesses, it’s the guide to your legacy. You can begin to develop your business plan this week! Set aside some time and write down one goal that you have for your professional life and plan out the steps you need to take to reach that goal. If you’ve never written out a goal before, you’ll find that the structure and focus your plan provides you helps you to reach your goal more effectively than you thought possible. ~Paul Chek P.S. I’d like to invite you to a free teleconference on Monday, November 6th, 2006 at 10:30am Pacific Time. We’ll talk about the some of the tools for business plan development available to P~P~S Members. I’ll also discuss many other techniques for success in our Success Mastery Program. You can also listen to any of our previous teleconference calls on our Free Audio page, which is under the Special Features section at the Center. What makes the P~P~S Success Mastery Program so effective? In the words of Barney Kuntze, a current P~P~S Practitioner, “Not only is Paul very knowledgeable and professional in how he presents his material, but what really attracts people, and myself specifically, is that he walks his talk.” We know the program works because Paul himself has used every tool, technique and tip we offer in our program on the way to living his own legacy. Want to hear more of what others have said about Paul and the program? Visit the What People are Saying page at the P~P~S Success Mastery Center to hear more. Learn more: Learn more about how the P~P~S Success Mastery Program can contribute to your professional success today by visiting our online library. You’ll find a number of articles devoted to offering practical, effective methods to creating the career of your dreams. For more functional knowledge visit www.ppssuccess.com today! Every week, we at the P~P~S Success Mastery Center endeavor to bring you valuable news and suggestions to support you on your path to success mastery. If at any time you wish to discontinue receiving these free bulletins, you can unsubscribe here.