By BOB ROSNER
Jan. 11, 2008
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Dear WOUNDED: Our company does a crummy job of strategic planning. I was invited to participate in the process this year, what can I do to help us actually accomplish something?
ANSWER: Have you ever woken up during a road trip only to find your surroundings looking very similar to the scenery you passed hours ago? I once was driving with a friend to Florida and woke up to discover that my driving buddy had made a wrong turn and we had spent hours driving in the wrong direction. When I pointed out we were driving in the wrong direction he said, "At least we made great time."
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Sound similar to the last strategic planning session that you were involved with? You made progress, but much of it in the wrong direction? Or maybe you've just always wanted to be part of the decision-making process for your company. I've listed three do's and one don't to help you exert the maximum influence over the direction that your company takes in the future. For more, check out Erica Olson's book, "Strategic Planning for Dummies" (Wiley, 2007).
DO Ask tough questions. One way to ensure that your strategic plan is pointed in the correct direction is to ask tough questions. What would happen if we lost our biggest customer? What if a new competitor entered our market? What could we do if the bottom dropped out of our industry?
Start by taking off your rose-colored glassed and challenging every assumption out there about your industry, customers and business. Avoid the temptation to just mimick what others in your industry are doing, and instead tailor your plan to your company's specific strengths and weaknesses.
DO Look for leverage. Most of us focus on the "planning" part of strategic planning at the expense of the "strategic" part. What is unique about your company? What do your customers like about working with you? What don't they like about working with you? The overused phrase here is "competitive advantage." What do you do better than anyone else in the market and how can you leverage that? Or what are you doing that you shouldn't be doing?
DO Get everyone involved. Many organizations restrict participation in planning to the corner office crowd. Unfortunately, many of the breakthrough ideas come from the front lines, from the people actually interacting with customers and suppliers. Look for ways to get all the stakeholders involved in the process -- focus groups, surveys, town hall-style meetings. I'm not suggestion chaos, but come up with a process that includes a wide range of perspectives and opinions.
DON'T Seek to control the process.Corporations hate surprises. Strategic planning processes should be full of surprises, because they are looking into the future. Be careful to not stifle brainstorming or dissent. The more reality that gets into the process, the better your company will be positioned to handle the reality it faces in the future.
Follow these tips and your planning process will make great progress, in the correct direction.
Thought for the Week
"Plans are nothing, planning is everything." -- President Dwight Eisenhower
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List of the Week
Wacky work … Best workplace stories from last year
# A move by South Korea's Hana Bank to send single female employees on blind dates to boost morale.
# An architecture firm in Barcelona's plans to build a $4 million-per-night hotel on the moon by 2012. It acknowledged the challenges zero gravity poses to bathroom builders.
# Delinquent policemen in Thailand being punished by having to wear Hello Kitty armbands.
# Millbrook, Alabama's full-day shutdown of city hall so employees could visit the new Wal-Mart. They had to bring a receipt back as proof of purchase.
# The firing of an Iowa woman for keeping a diary of how she avoids work.
From: Challenger, Gray & Christmas
Bob Rosner is a best-selling author, speaker and internationally syndicated columnist. He'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic, especially if you have better ideas than he does. His books include "The Boss's Survival Guide" and "Gray Matters: The Work place Survival Guide." Send your questions or comments to him via: bob@workingwounded.com.
ABCNEWS.com publishes a new Working Wounded column every Friday. This work is the opinion of the columnist and in no way reflects the opinion of ABC News.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Working Wounded: Planning for Your Company's Future
By BOB ROSNER
Jan. 11, 2008
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Dear WOUNDED: Our company does a crummy job of strategic planning. I was invited to participate in the process this year, what can I do to help us actually accomplish something?
ANSWER: Have you ever woken up during a road trip only to find your surroundings looking very similar to the scenery you passed hours ago? I once was driving with a friend to Florida and woke up to discover that my driving buddy had made a wrong turn and we had spent hours driving in the wrong direction. When I pointed out we were driving in the wrong direction he said, "At least we made great time."
Story
RSS Feed: Send ABC Business News to Your Computer
Sound similar to the last strategic planning session that you were involved with? You made progress, but much of it in the wrong direction? Or maybe you've just always wanted to be part of the decision-making process for your company. I've listed three do's and one don't to help you exert the maximum influence over the direction that your company takes in the future. For more, check out Erica Olson's book, "Strategic Planning for Dummies" (Wiley, 2007).
DO Ask tough questions. One way to ensure that your strategic plan is pointed in the correct direction is to ask tough questions. What would happen if we lost our biggest customer? What if a new competitor entered our market? What could we do if the bottom dropped out of our industry?
Start by taking off your rose-colored glassed and challenging every assumption out there about your industry, customers and business. Avoid the temptation to just mimick what others in your industry are doing, and instead tailor your plan to your company's specific strengths and weaknesses.
DO Look for leverage. Most of us focus on the "planning" part of strategic planning at the expense of the "strategic" part. What is unique about your company? What do your customers like about working with you? What don't they like about working with you? The overused phrase here is "competitive advantage." What do you do better than anyone else in the market and how can you leverage that? Or what are you doing that you shouldn't be doing?
DO Get everyone involved. Many organizations restrict participation in planning to the corner office crowd. Unfortunately, many of the breakthrough ideas come from the front lines, from the people actually interacting with customers and suppliers. Look for ways to get all the stakeholders involved in the process -- focus groups, surveys, town hall-style meetings. I'm not suggestion chaos, but come up with a process that includes a wide range of perspectives and opinions.
DON'T Seek to control the process.Corporations hate surprises. Strategic planning processes should be full of surprises, because they are looking into the future. Be careful to not stifle brainstorming or dissent. The more reality that gets into the process, the better your company will be positioned to handle the reality it faces in the future.
Follow these tips and your planning process will make great progress, in the correct direction.
Thought for the Week
"Plans are nothing, planning is everything." -- President Dwight Eisenhower
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Business News Every Morning: Sign Up for MONEYScope Daily E-Mail Now
List of the Week
Wacky work … Best workplace stories from last year
# A move by South Korea's Hana Bank to send single female employees on blind dates to boost morale.
# An architecture firm in Barcelona's plans to build a $4 million-per-night hotel on the moon by 2012. It acknowledged the challenges zero gravity poses to bathroom builders.
# Delinquent policemen in Thailand being punished by having to wear Hello Kitty armbands.
# Millbrook, Alabama's full-day shutdown of city hall so employees could visit the new Wal-Mart. They had to bring a receipt back as proof of purchase.
# The firing of an Iowa woman for keeping a diary of how she avoids work.
From: Challenger, Gray & Christmas
Bob Rosner is a best-selling author, speaker and internationally syndicated columnist. He'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic, especially if you have better ideas than he does. His books include "The Boss's Survival Guide" and "Gray Matters: The Work place Survival Guide." Send your questions or comments to him via: bob@workingwounded.com.
ABCNEWS.com publishes a new Working Wounded column every Friday. This work is the opinion of the columnist and in no way reflects the opinion of ABC News.
Jan. 11, 2008
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Dear WOUNDED: Our company does a crummy job of strategic planning. I was invited to participate in the process this year, what can I do to help us actually accomplish something?
ANSWER: Have you ever woken up during a road trip only to find your surroundings looking very similar to the scenery you passed hours ago? I once was driving with a friend to Florida and woke up to discover that my driving buddy had made a wrong turn and we had spent hours driving in the wrong direction. When I pointed out we were driving in the wrong direction he said, "At least we made great time."
Story
RSS Feed: Send ABC Business News to Your Computer
Sound similar to the last strategic planning session that you were involved with? You made progress, but much of it in the wrong direction? Or maybe you've just always wanted to be part of the decision-making process for your company. I've listed three do's and one don't to help you exert the maximum influence over the direction that your company takes in the future. For more, check out Erica Olson's book, "Strategic Planning for Dummies" (Wiley, 2007).
DO Ask tough questions. One way to ensure that your strategic plan is pointed in the correct direction is to ask tough questions. What would happen if we lost our biggest customer? What if a new competitor entered our market? What could we do if the bottom dropped out of our industry?
Start by taking off your rose-colored glassed and challenging every assumption out there about your industry, customers and business. Avoid the temptation to just mimick what others in your industry are doing, and instead tailor your plan to your company's specific strengths and weaknesses.
DO Look for leverage. Most of us focus on the "planning" part of strategic planning at the expense of the "strategic" part. What is unique about your company? What do your customers like about working with you? What don't they like about working with you? The overused phrase here is "competitive advantage." What do you do better than anyone else in the market and how can you leverage that? Or what are you doing that you shouldn't be doing?
DO Get everyone involved. Many organizations restrict participation in planning to the corner office crowd. Unfortunately, many of the breakthrough ideas come from the front lines, from the people actually interacting with customers and suppliers. Look for ways to get all the stakeholders involved in the process -- focus groups, surveys, town hall-style meetings. I'm not suggestion chaos, but come up with a process that includes a wide range of perspectives and opinions.
DON'T Seek to control the process.Corporations hate surprises. Strategic planning processes should be full of surprises, because they are looking into the future. Be careful to not stifle brainstorming or dissent. The more reality that gets into the process, the better your company will be positioned to handle the reality it faces in the future.
Follow these tips and your planning process will make great progress, in the correct direction.
Thought for the Week
"Plans are nothing, planning is everything." -- President Dwight Eisenhower
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Business News Every Morning: Sign Up for MONEYScope Daily E-Mail Now
List of the Week
Wacky work … Best workplace stories from last year
# A move by South Korea's Hana Bank to send single female employees on blind dates to boost morale.
# An architecture firm in Barcelona's plans to build a $4 million-per-night hotel on the moon by 2012. It acknowledged the challenges zero gravity poses to bathroom builders.
# Delinquent policemen in Thailand being punished by having to wear Hello Kitty armbands.
# Millbrook, Alabama's full-day shutdown of city hall so employees could visit the new Wal-Mart. They had to bring a receipt back as proof of purchase.
# The firing of an Iowa woman for keeping a diary of how she avoids work.
From: Challenger, Gray & Christmas
Bob Rosner is a best-selling author, speaker and internationally syndicated columnist. He'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic, especially if you have better ideas than he does. His books include "The Boss's Survival Guide" and "Gray Matters: The Work place Survival Guide." Send your questions or comments to him via: bob@workingwounded.com.
ABCNEWS.com publishes a new Working Wounded column every Friday. This work is the opinion of the columnist and in no way reflects the opinion of ABC News.
Working Wounded: Planning for Your Company's Future
By BOB ROSNER
Jan. 11, 2008
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Dear WOUNDED: Our company does a crummy job of strategic planning. I was invited to participate in the process this year, what can I do to help us actually accomplish something?
ANSWER: Have you ever woken up during a road trip only to find your surroundings looking very similar to the scenery you passed hours ago? I once was driving with a friend to Florida and woke up to discover that my driving buddy had made a wrong turn and we had spent hours driving in the wrong direction. When I pointed out we were driving in the wrong direction he said, "At least we made great time."
Story
RSS Feed: Send ABC Business News to Your Computer
Sound similar to the last strategic planning session that you were involved with? You made progress, but much of it in the wrong direction? Or maybe you've just always wanted to be part of the decision-making process for your company. I've listed three do's and one don't to help you exert the maximum influence over the direction that your company takes in the future. For more, check out Erica Olson's book, "Strategic Planning for Dummies" (Wiley, 2007).
DO Ask tough questions. One way to ensure that your strategic plan is pointed in the correct direction is to ask tough questions. What would happen if we lost our biggest customer? What if a new competitor entered our market? What could we do if the bottom dropped out of our industry?
Start by taking off your rose-colored glassed and challenging every assumption out there about your industry, customers and business. Avoid the temptation to just mimick what others in your industry are doing, and instead tailor your plan to your company's specific strengths and weaknesses.
DO Look for leverage. Most of us focus on the "planning" part of strategic planning at the expense of the "strategic" part. What is unique about your company? What do your customers like about working with you? What don't they like about working with you? The overused phrase here is "competitive advantage." What do you do better than anyone else in the market and how can you leverage that? Or what are you doing that you shouldn't be doing?
DO Get everyone involved. Many organizations restrict participation in planning to the corner office crowd. Unfortunately, many of the breakthrough ideas come from the front lines, from the people actually interacting with customers and suppliers. Look for ways to get all the stakeholders involved in the process -- focus groups, surveys, town hall-style meetings. I'm not suggestion chaos, but come up with a process that includes a wide range of perspectives and opinions.
DON'T Seek to control the process.Corporations hate surprises. Strategic planning processes should be full of surprises, because they are looking into the future. Be careful to not stifle brainstorming or dissent. The more reality that gets into the process, the better your company will be positioned to handle the reality it faces in the future.
Follow these tips and your planning process will make great progress, in the correct direction.
Thought for the Week
"Plans are nothing, planning is everything." -- President Dwight Eisenhower
Full Coverage
Business News Every Morning: Sign Up for MONEYScope Daily E-Mail Now
List of the Week
Wacky work … Best workplace stories from last year
# A move by South Korea's Hana Bank to send single female employees on blind dates to boost morale.
# An architecture firm in Barcelona's plans to build a $4 million-per-night hotel on the moon by 2012. It acknowledged the challenges zero gravity poses to bathroom builders.
# Delinquent policemen in Thailand being punished by having to wear Hello Kitty armbands.
# Millbrook, Alabama's full-day shutdown of city hall so employees could visit the new Wal-Mart. They had to bring a receipt back as proof of purchase.
# The firing of an Iowa woman for keeping a diary of how she avoids work.
From: Challenger, Gray & Christmas
Bob Rosner is a best-selling author, speaker and internationally syndicated columnist. He'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic, especially if you have better ideas than he does. His books include "The Boss's Survival Guide" and "Gray Matters: The Work place Survival Guide." Send your questions or comments to him via: bob@workingwounded.com.
ABCNEWS.com publishes a new Working Wounded column every Friday. This work is the opinion of the columnist and in no way reflects the opinion of ABC News.
Jan. 11, 2008
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Dear WOUNDED: Our company does a crummy job of strategic planning. I was invited to participate in the process this year, what can I do to help us actually accomplish something?
ANSWER: Have you ever woken up during a road trip only to find your surroundings looking very similar to the scenery you passed hours ago? I once was driving with a friend to Florida and woke up to discover that my driving buddy had made a wrong turn and we had spent hours driving in the wrong direction. When I pointed out we were driving in the wrong direction he said, "At least we made great time."
Story
RSS Feed: Send ABC Business News to Your Computer
Sound similar to the last strategic planning session that you were involved with? You made progress, but much of it in the wrong direction? Or maybe you've just always wanted to be part of the decision-making process for your company. I've listed three do's and one don't to help you exert the maximum influence over the direction that your company takes in the future. For more, check out Erica Olson's book, "Strategic Planning for Dummies" (Wiley, 2007).
DO Ask tough questions. One way to ensure that your strategic plan is pointed in the correct direction is to ask tough questions. What would happen if we lost our biggest customer? What if a new competitor entered our market? What could we do if the bottom dropped out of our industry?
Start by taking off your rose-colored glassed and challenging every assumption out there about your industry, customers and business. Avoid the temptation to just mimick what others in your industry are doing, and instead tailor your plan to your company's specific strengths and weaknesses.
DO Look for leverage. Most of us focus on the "planning" part of strategic planning at the expense of the "strategic" part. What is unique about your company? What do your customers like about working with you? What don't they like about working with you? The overused phrase here is "competitive advantage." What do you do better than anyone else in the market and how can you leverage that? Or what are you doing that you shouldn't be doing?
DO Get everyone involved. Many organizations restrict participation in planning to the corner office crowd. Unfortunately, many of the breakthrough ideas come from the front lines, from the people actually interacting with customers and suppliers. Look for ways to get all the stakeholders involved in the process -- focus groups, surveys, town hall-style meetings. I'm not suggestion chaos, but come up with a process that includes a wide range of perspectives and opinions.
DON'T Seek to control the process.Corporations hate surprises. Strategic planning processes should be full of surprises, because they are looking into the future. Be careful to not stifle brainstorming or dissent. The more reality that gets into the process, the better your company will be positioned to handle the reality it faces in the future.
Follow these tips and your planning process will make great progress, in the correct direction.
Thought for the Week
"Plans are nothing, planning is everything." -- President Dwight Eisenhower
Full Coverage
Business News Every Morning: Sign Up for MONEYScope Daily E-Mail Now
List of the Week
Wacky work … Best workplace stories from last year
# A move by South Korea's Hana Bank to send single female employees on blind dates to boost morale.
# An architecture firm in Barcelona's plans to build a $4 million-per-night hotel on the moon by 2012. It acknowledged the challenges zero gravity poses to bathroom builders.
# Delinquent policemen in Thailand being punished by having to wear Hello Kitty armbands.
# Millbrook, Alabama's full-day shutdown of city hall so employees could visit the new Wal-Mart. They had to bring a receipt back as proof of purchase.
# The firing of an Iowa woman for keeping a diary of how she avoids work.
From: Challenger, Gray & Christmas
Bob Rosner is a best-selling author, speaker and internationally syndicated columnist. He'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic, especially if you have better ideas than he does. His books include "The Boss's Survival Guide" and "Gray Matters: The Work place Survival Guide." Send your questions or comments to him via: bob@workingwounded.com.
ABCNEWS.com publishes a new Working Wounded column every Friday. This work is the opinion of the columnist and in no way reflects the opinion of ABC News.
Your 2008 plan for success
anuary 11, 2008 3:28:58 AM PST
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It's a new year, and 2008 can be the best year ever for you and your business. How? Develop an annual business plan. If you're like me, you've got big hopes for your business in 2008. If you want to make those happen, you've got to have a plan.
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Yes, I know- that's not sexy. It's not as exciting as going to a motivational seminar with some wanna-be business guru and purchasing a set of their incredibly expensive motivational CDs.
But while business planning isn't seemingly exciting, it is very effective. You can substantially increase your sales this year with just some simple planning. And making more money is sexy.
It's worked for me. Last year, 2007, was my company's best ever, even though we had incredible challenges. We thrived because of decisions we'd made at previous annual business plan sessions.
Developing an annual plan saves you money as well as makes you money. It helps you decide on how to focus your marketing and development efforts, so you don't waste your precious cash.
Your annual business planning process can be fairly formal, like the one we do in my business, where we set aside a couple of days for planning meetings. But hey, I wrote the book on business plans, so I've got to do the whole shebang.
You can keep it much simpler. Just set aside a few hours or a day for planning. Include your key personnel. Get away from the office or store, and especially the phones.
Here's how to develop your 2008 annual plan:
• Look at the past. Before going in new directions, evaluate what worked and what hasn't. In particular, identify which activities have been the most successful in terms of profit not just income.
• List your goals. Begin by listing all your goals — how much money you want to make, products or services you want to add, changes in work patterns or operations.
• Get specific. Now put details with each goal, especially numbers. Let's say one of your goals is to increase sales. Don't just say you'd like to double your income. Instead, list each product or service you offer, and set a goal of a specific number of customers and income for each.
Develop steps. Identify the steps necessary to achieve each specific goal. For instance, to attract more customers, you'll need to increase marketing. List the ways you'll do this: advertising, trade shows, direct mail, etc.
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• Estimate money. Put a dollar figure next to each step. The more specific you've been with each step, the easier it will be to come up with a range of costs for every goal.
• Estimate time. Things don't just take money; they take time. Next to each step, estimate how much time it might take. For instance, writing a newspaper ad may only take two hours, exhibiting at a trade show might require five days.
• Estimate people. Figure out who will be responsible for each step and how many people are needed. This gives you an overall sense of the total "person-hours" necessary to achieve your goals.
• Prioritize. By now, you've got a list that would take much more money, more time, and more people than you have. So, prioritize your goals and steps. Rate highly the things you must do to survive. Next, choose those activities with the highest chance of success. Don't try to do everything; it's better to eliminate some goals altogether rather than attempting all partway.
• Write an action plan. Based on your priorities, come up with an action plan. Schedule the month, week or day you're going to take action on each step and what that action will be.
• Reality check. Look over your action plan. Does it fit with how you and your employees truly behave? If you plan seems overly ambitious, it probably is. Go back and re-prioritize.
• Get consensus. Discuss the plan with all affected parties (employees, subcontractors, family members). Are they willing to commit to it?
Once you've developed your annual plan, you're on your way to achieving your goals and being a success in 2008.
Rhonda Abrams is president of The Planning Shop, publisher of books for entrepreneurs. Their newest is Finding an Angel Investor In A Day. Register for Rhonda's free business planning newsletter at www.PlanningShop.com. For an index of her columns, click here. Copyright Rhonda Abrams 2007.
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It's a new year, and 2008 can be the best year ever for you and your business. How? Develop an annual business plan. If you're like me, you've got big hopes for your business in 2008. If you want to make those happen, you've got to have a plan.
Related Stories
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With No Office, Freelancers Build a Community
Top Money stories
*
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Yes, I know- that's not sexy. It's not as exciting as going to a motivational seminar with some wanna-be business guru and purchasing a set of their incredibly expensive motivational CDs.
But while business planning isn't seemingly exciting, it is very effective. You can substantially increase your sales this year with just some simple planning. And making more money is sexy.
It's worked for me. Last year, 2007, was my company's best ever, even though we had incredible challenges. We thrived because of decisions we'd made at previous annual business plan sessions.
Developing an annual plan saves you money as well as makes you money. It helps you decide on how to focus your marketing and development efforts, so you don't waste your precious cash.
Your annual business planning process can be fairly formal, like the one we do in my business, where we set aside a couple of days for planning meetings. But hey, I wrote the book on business plans, so I've got to do the whole shebang.
You can keep it much simpler. Just set aside a few hours or a day for planning. Include your key personnel. Get away from the office or store, and especially the phones.
Here's how to develop your 2008 annual plan:
• Look at the past. Before going in new directions, evaluate what worked and what hasn't. In particular, identify which activities have been the most successful in terms of profit not just income.
• List your goals. Begin by listing all your goals — how much money you want to make, products or services you want to add, changes in work patterns or operations.
• Get specific. Now put details with each goal, especially numbers. Let's say one of your goals is to increase sales. Don't just say you'd like to double your income. Instead, list each product or service you offer, and set a goal of a specific number of customers and income for each.
Develop steps. Identify the steps necessary to achieve each specific goal. For instance, to attract more customers, you'll need to increase marketing. List the ways you'll do this: advertising, trade shows, direct mail, etc.
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With No Office, Freelancers Build a Community
Top Money stories
*
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*
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*
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• Estimate money. Put a dollar figure next to each step. The more specific you've been with each step, the easier it will be to come up with a range of costs for every goal.
• Estimate time. Things don't just take money; they take time. Next to each step, estimate how much time it might take. For instance, writing a newspaper ad may only take two hours, exhibiting at a trade show might require five days.
• Estimate people. Figure out who will be responsible for each step and how many people are needed. This gives you an overall sense of the total "person-hours" necessary to achieve your goals.
• Prioritize. By now, you've got a list that would take much more money, more time, and more people than you have. So, prioritize your goals and steps. Rate highly the things you must do to survive. Next, choose those activities with the highest chance of success. Don't try to do everything; it's better to eliminate some goals altogether rather than attempting all partway.
• Write an action plan. Based on your priorities, come up with an action plan. Schedule the month, week or day you're going to take action on each step and what that action will be.
• Reality check. Look over your action plan. Does it fit with how you and your employees truly behave? If you plan seems overly ambitious, it probably is. Go back and re-prioritize.
• Get consensus. Discuss the plan with all affected parties (employees, subcontractors, family members). Are they willing to commit to it?
Once you've developed your annual plan, you're on your way to achieving your goals and being a success in 2008.
Rhonda Abrams is president of The Planning Shop, publisher of books for entrepreneurs. Their newest is Finding an Angel Investor In A Day. Register for Rhonda's free business planning newsletter at www.PlanningShop.com. For an index of her columns, click here. Copyright Rhonda Abrams 2007.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
What's Your Dream?
There is 4 life category which we experience:
Had money and had time
Had money but haves no time
Had no money but had time
Had no money and haves no time
I felt you to agree if I to tell that any people to wish first. ( Your own is including which?). More if mint of money and much time. Unhappily not all people, even very few, which able to enjoy this affluence. More than anything else in condition of economics of messy state like this. According To Compass, 80 million Indonesia residents below poorness line, and more than 25 million having status unemployment. Mean, including category 3.
Do not mean them to have no any ability. No! Some of they join in education have ever (height). But of course that is not guarantee. You can read citation concerning that here.
For You which is enough ' Lucky ' can enter category 2, you must think again. Is main priority you? Money? Time? Whatever, You have not stepped into category 1! Mean, You still must sacrifice something. Or someone. You Have ever imagines that case of like this befalls you? Or like the one experienced by Shanty hereunder:
Shanty, beautiful and young manager assistant of that, weeps lugubrious… its(the tear is always flows whereas s(he to tell how the child which high fever and ague do not willing to be embraced its(the mother, but screams calls name of assistant is being going home going upstream.
This really happened! So... think again.
We will never know, what waiting in front of us. This story illustrated that it is not impossible we stay on course corner, given on to a real difficult choice. Because we have no another choice.
If You still wish to give best for man who you loves, you must do something. Possibly that requires your sacrifice. But isn't it true till now you also has sacrificed them to what end is wishing you to reach for. Tries retouching in perspective of you. Remembers: " The greatest discovery is note a new land, but to see the same land through different eyes."
What which I wish to tell following not thing easy. More than simply inverting palm. And not happened in last night. Need far more than that.
" Does abnormal things, hence you will become remarkable man."
" Does things that is not is done [by] others, so that you can enjoy what which cannot enjoyed by others."
Had money and had time
Had money but haves no time
Had no money but had time
Had no money and haves no time
I felt you to agree if I to tell that any people to wish first. ( Your own is including which?). More if mint of money and much time. Unhappily not all people, even very few, which able to enjoy this affluence. More than anything else in condition of economics of messy state like this. According To Compass, 80 million Indonesia residents below poorness line, and more than 25 million having status unemployment. Mean, including category 3.
Do not mean them to have no any ability. No! Some of they join in education have ever (height). But of course that is not guarantee. You can read citation concerning that here.
For You which is enough ' Lucky ' can enter category 2, you must think again. Is main priority you? Money? Time? Whatever, You have not stepped into category 1! Mean, You still must sacrifice something. Or someone. You Have ever imagines that case of like this befalls you? Or like the one experienced by Shanty hereunder:
Shanty, beautiful and young manager assistant of that, weeps lugubrious… its(the tear is always flows whereas s(he to tell how the child which high fever and ague do not willing to be embraced its(the mother, but screams calls name of assistant is being going home going upstream.
This really happened! So... think again.
We will never know, what waiting in front of us. This story illustrated that it is not impossible we stay on course corner, given on to a real difficult choice. Because we have no another choice.
If You still wish to give best for man who you loves, you must do something. Possibly that requires your sacrifice. But isn't it true till now you also has sacrificed them to what end is wishing you to reach for. Tries retouching in perspective of you. Remembers: " The greatest discovery is note a new land, but to see the same land through different eyes."
What which I wish to tell following not thing easy. More than simply inverting palm. And not happened in last night. Need far more than that.
" Does abnormal things, hence you will become remarkable man."
" Does things that is not is done [by] others, so that you can enjoy what which cannot enjoyed by others."
THREE WAYS TO GETTING MONEY
There is three ways to be able to get money:
Works. You can get money by the way of working, either that works for others, and or opens business x'self. By working for others, hence usual money of you gets is in the form of salary. With opening business x'self, hence money which you gets usually can be bigger than if you work for others.
heritage, present, gift. The next way to be able to get money is by inheriting it from someone, like from parent or your couple. Besides, money you also able to get from others in the form of present or gift.
Does Investment. Third way to be able to get money is by the way of investing money which you has owned at the moment. When You does investment with opening deposit, hence you will get money in the form of deposit interest. If You buys share at certain price and sells it returns with higher level price, hence you will get money from selling price difference and the price of buying it.
Works. You can get money by the way of working, either that works for others, and or opens business x'self. By working for others, hence usual money of you gets is in the form of salary. With opening business x'self, hence money which you gets usually can be bigger than if you work for others.
heritage, present, gift. The next way to be able to get money is by inheriting it from someone, like from parent or your couple. Besides, money you also able to get from others in the form of present or gift.
Does Investment. Third way to be able to get money is by the way of investing money which you has owned at the moment. When You does investment with opening deposit, hence you will get money in the form of deposit interest. If You buys share at certain price and sells it returns with higher level price, hence you will get money from selling price difference and the price of buying it.
History of development of computer
History of development of computer may be happy to two epochs is :
a) Before the year 1940
b) After the year 1940
Before the year 1940
Man applies finger to recognize and spells out members number one to ten. As free that is they is beginning recognizes numbers larger ones but still using ground digits from finite 0 9. This realize the system tens. Radius applied to mingle and reject numbers. Reject mix numbers assists them to think in barter trading. If trading increasingly grow, radius cannot accommodate need think is increasing complicated.
Trading experts from country China, Turkic and Greek applies abacus (sempua) to do think of mix ground, reject and multiplication begins having mother free year. Abacus contains stones attached at some bars. All think is done by changing position of the stones.
In the year 1617, John Napier arises safer logarithm and equipment is called [by] bone Napier ( Napier's bonnet). Beside think of mix ground, reject, multiplication and happy, this equipment also may look for hill power number. Bone Napier do than bone, wood, metal and cad. Think is done with traversing number-number at square by hand.
Blaise Pascal creates machine to think first mechanical in the year 1642. This machine operates by moving gear at wheel. Pascal have also many contributing idea in the field of mathematic and science perhaps. Machine thinks Pascal has been moved forward by William Leibnitz.
In the year 1816, Charles Babbage constructs ' the difference engine'. This machine may finalize problem think of mathematic sifir like logarithm in mechanical correctly so that twenty digits. Follows draft reserved by it, this machine applies cad perforates as input, saves may job activities in memory, does think automatically and so on releases output in the form of printing; mould at paper.
This machine concept science experts during the period because assumed to be too onward. Project this construction although however unfinished of because no support technical assumed too onward during the. Babbage then its(the attention heap to ' the analytical engine'. Technological insuffiency during the also causes this project delayed. Although failed prepares both machine, idea Babbage discovered to be very useful to forming of computer modern today. All computers today applies machine model like the one reserved by Babbage, is input, memory, process and output.
Cad perforates first time is applied as a means of input in textile industry at automatic moving machine of creation Joseph Jecquard in the year 1801. This machine reads data with analyze hole cods at paper. Hole concept and no this hole indicates usage start of number binary in process of data.
Herman Hollerith popular usage of cad perforates as a means of data input. Its(the machine using cad to perforate is glorious process American resident effeminate homosexual data company To in the year 1887. Usage of cad perforates then his(its broadened to area of like insurant, analysis sell and system train self.
Howard Aiken introduces usage of machine electro mechanical is called [by] Mark I in the year 1937. One machine parts was electronic and partial again mechanical. Its form heavy and big and contains talian wayer which long. All operations in computer implemented by electromagnetic gigantic. Mark I may finalize problem function of trigs beside think ground. Even though said s(he still be assumed damp and bound by because number of store memory that is a few.
As free the year 1940
Computers as free the year 1940 is electronic fully. Beside think which is not accurate machines mechanical before this is too big, applies boarding with high to control it and requires too much manpower for observation.
evolution of Computer as free the year 1940 may be classified to five generations. Numeral in coop indicates tarikh budget.
First Generation ( 1940 - 1959)
Second Generation ( 1959 - 1964)
Third Generation ( 1964 - beginning of 80-an)
Fourth Generation ( beginning of 80-an - ?)
Fifth Generation ( future)
First Generation
Generation computers firstly applies vacuum to process and save communiqué. fairish vacuum like small lamp menthol. He becomes quickly hot and flammable. Thousands of vacuum required by one a period of so that every combustible operation doesn't overall of computer. Computer also applies electric energy which many so that sometime causes trouble at area around his.
This computer is 100% electronic, functions to assist scientist finalizes problem think of sensibly trajectory and precise. The Size is very big and may be classified as main frame (plays frame) . Example of first generation computer like ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) created by Dr John Mauchly and Presper Eckert in the year 1946.
Development that is very is esteemed is start of computer save memory in it, recognized as on file aturcara concept ( stored program concept). Concept reserved by John von this Neumann also focus at usage of number binary for all process duty and storage.
Dr. Mauchly and Eckert also assists construction of computer EDVAC ( Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) what tapers down usage of vacuum. Think also becomes more than ENIAC. EDVAC applies system number binary and on file concept.
Computer EDSAC ( Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) introduces mercury usage ( mercury) in save memory to. This way discovered more economically than vacuum but at general of s(he still be assumed overvalued. EDSAC moved forward by University Cambridge, England.
In the year 1951 Dr. Mauchly and Eckert creates UNIVAC I ( Universal of Automatic Calculator) first computer applied to process trading data. Partakes applies mercury ( mercury) for storage. UNIVAC I applied by Biro Banci civilian in America. As free feather in one's cap of ENIVAC I many interconnected computers of management and trading emerges as free his(its.
Second generation
Using second generation computers transistor and diode to replace - vacuum, makes size smaller computer and cheap. Resilience energy? power of transistor discovered to be better of because s(he is not flammable if it is compared to vacuum. New way of save memory also is introduced is magnetic terrace; core. Magnetic terrace; core applies smooth irons twisted by electrical Lateran. Process effort and size main memory of computer also increases. This becomes computer is more proper implement the duty.
Apparition of FORTRAN and COBOL indicates start of high rank language to replace in harder machine language. With said operation of computer becomes easier.
This era also indicates start of the biggest second is minicomputer in computer set of relatives. The price cheaper compared to than main frames. Computer DEC PDP8 is minicomputer firstly created in the year 1964 for processing trading data. Computer others in this generation is IBM 7090 and IBM 7094.
Third generation
Glorious fast microelectronic investigation refines transistor to microscopic size. Some hundred thousand transistors is can be compacted into chipping square silicon through process called by big scale amir (large scale integration, LSI), to yield later or more recognized as call for chip.
Chip beginning replaces transistor as component of logic of computer. Size chip which is small makes it popular is using in the much equipment of electronic and the price far cheaper compared to with other electronic component.
Smallest type in computer set of relatives, microcomputer emerges in this generation. Microcomputer becomes quicker of popular like jenama Apple II, IBM PC, NEC PC and Sinclair. Microcomputer is discovered very practical to all public ranks because its(the size is smaller, cheap price and its(the ability is functioning alone. a microcomputer copes overcomes computer ENIAC in implementing something duty.
Many languages emerges like BASIC, Pascal and PL/1. Most microcomputer is catered with linguistic in chip ROM to enable BASIC language is applied. This makes language BASIC which very popular at microcomputer.
Fourth generation
Chip still be applied process to and save memory. He is more onward, contains so that hundred thousand transistor components in it. Process of chip this high tech called very big scale amir ( very large scale integration, VLSI). Process can be done with interest proper, so that having million momentary beet. Main memory of computer becomes is bigger causing causes storage scunder is less important. Technology chip is going forward this draws near creavasse among microcomputer with minicomputer as well as microcomputer with main frame. This also realizes another computer class is called [by] supercomputer, which more proper and compares main frame.
Fifth generation
Fifth generation in evolution of possible computer had not presentation of again and he was future dream computer. fifth generation computer is more complex. He is expected to has more units process which is functioning at a time to finalize more than one duties in one a period.
This generation computer also has very big memory so that enables it is finalizing more complex problems. Central process unit also possible may function to face like man brain. This dream computer expected has separate cleverness, impressing situation around through see and wise takes something free decision than man convoys. This extraordinary conceived of " artificial intelligence".
a) Before the year 1940
b) After the year 1940
Before the year 1940
Man applies finger to recognize and spells out members number one to ten. As free that is they is beginning recognizes numbers larger ones but still using ground digits from finite 0 9. This realize the system tens. Radius applied to mingle and reject numbers. Reject mix numbers assists them to think in barter trading. If trading increasingly grow, radius cannot accommodate need think is increasing complicated.
Trading experts from country China, Turkic and Greek applies abacus (sempua) to do think of mix ground, reject and multiplication begins having mother free year. Abacus contains stones attached at some bars. All think is done by changing position of the stones.
In the year 1617, John Napier arises safer logarithm and equipment is called [by] bone Napier ( Napier's bonnet). Beside think of mix ground, reject, multiplication and happy, this equipment also may look for hill power number. Bone Napier do than bone, wood, metal and cad. Think is done with traversing number-number at square by hand.
Blaise Pascal creates machine to think first mechanical in the year 1642. This machine operates by moving gear at wheel. Pascal have also many contributing idea in the field of mathematic and science perhaps. Machine thinks Pascal has been moved forward by William Leibnitz.
In the year 1816, Charles Babbage constructs ' the difference engine'. This machine may finalize problem think of mathematic sifir like logarithm in mechanical correctly so that twenty digits. Follows draft reserved by it, this machine applies cad perforates as input, saves may job activities in memory, does think automatically and so on releases output in the form of printing; mould at paper.
This machine concept science experts during the period because assumed to be too onward. Project this construction although however unfinished of because no support technical assumed too onward during the. Babbage then its(the attention heap to ' the analytical engine'. Technological insuffiency during the also causes this project delayed. Although failed prepares both machine, idea Babbage discovered to be very useful to forming of computer modern today. All computers today applies machine model like the one reserved by Babbage, is input, memory, process and output.
Cad perforates first time is applied as a means of input in textile industry at automatic moving machine of creation Joseph Jecquard in the year 1801. This machine reads data with analyze hole cods at paper. Hole concept and no this hole indicates usage start of number binary in process of data.
Herman Hollerith popular usage of cad perforates as a means of data input. Its(the machine using cad to perforate is glorious process American resident effeminate homosexual data company To in the year 1887. Usage of cad perforates then his(its broadened to area of like insurant, analysis sell and system train self.
Howard Aiken introduces usage of machine electro mechanical is called [by] Mark I in the year 1937. One machine parts was electronic and partial again mechanical. Its form heavy and big and contains talian wayer which long. All operations in computer implemented by electromagnetic gigantic. Mark I may finalize problem function of trigs beside think ground. Even though said s(he still be assumed damp and bound by because number of store memory that is a few.
As free the year 1940
Computers as free the year 1940 is electronic fully. Beside think which is not accurate machines mechanical before this is too big, applies boarding with high to control it and requires too much manpower for observation.
evolution of Computer as free the year 1940 may be classified to five generations. Numeral in coop indicates tarikh budget.
First Generation ( 1940 - 1959)
Second Generation ( 1959 - 1964)
Third Generation ( 1964 - beginning of 80-an)
Fourth Generation ( beginning of 80-an - ?)
Fifth Generation ( future)
First Generation
Generation computers firstly applies vacuum to process and save communiqué. fairish vacuum like small lamp menthol. He becomes quickly hot and flammable. Thousands of vacuum required by one a period of so that every combustible operation doesn't overall of computer. Computer also applies electric energy which many so that sometime causes trouble at area around his.
This computer is 100% electronic, functions to assist scientist finalizes problem think of sensibly trajectory and precise. The Size is very big and may be classified as main frame (plays frame) . Example of first generation computer like ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) created by Dr John Mauchly and Presper Eckert in the year 1946.
Development that is very is esteemed is start of computer save memory in it, recognized as on file aturcara concept ( stored program concept). Concept reserved by John von this Neumann also focus at usage of number binary for all process duty and storage.
Dr. Mauchly and Eckert also assists construction of computer EDVAC ( Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) what tapers down usage of vacuum. Think also becomes more than ENIAC. EDVAC applies system number binary and on file concept.
Computer EDSAC ( Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) introduces mercury usage ( mercury) in save memory to. This way discovered more economically than vacuum but at general of s(he still be assumed overvalued. EDSAC moved forward by University Cambridge, England.
In the year 1951 Dr. Mauchly and Eckert creates UNIVAC I ( Universal of Automatic Calculator) first computer applied to process trading data. Partakes applies mercury ( mercury) for storage. UNIVAC I applied by Biro Banci civilian in America. As free feather in one's cap of ENIVAC I many interconnected computers of management and trading emerges as free his(its.
Second generation
Using second generation computers transistor and diode to replace - vacuum, makes size smaller computer and cheap. Resilience energy? power of transistor discovered to be better of because s(he is not flammable if it is compared to vacuum. New way of save memory also is introduced is magnetic terrace; core. Magnetic terrace; core applies smooth irons twisted by electrical Lateran. Process effort and size main memory of computer also increases. This becomes computer is more proper implement the duty.
Apparition of FORTRAN and COBOL indicates start of high rank language to replace in harder machine language. With said operation of computer becomes easier.
This era also indicates start of the biggest second is minicomputer in computer set of relatives. The price cheaper compared to than main frames. Computer DEC PDP8 is minicomputer firstly created in the year 1964 for processing trading data. Computer others in this generation is IBM 7090 and IBM 7094.
Third generation
Glorious fast microelectronic investigation refines transistor to microscopic size. Some hundred thousand transistors is can be compacted into chipping square silicon through process called by big scale amir (large scale integration, LSI), to yield later or more recognized as call for chip.
Chip beginning replaces transistor as component of logic of computer. Size chip which is small makes it popular is using in the much equipment of electronic and the price far cheaper compared to with other electronic component.
Smallest type in computer set of relatives, microcomputer emerges in this generation. Microcomputer becomes quicker of popular like jenama Apple II, IBM PC, NEC PC and Sinclair. Microcomputer is discovered very practical to all public ranks because its(the size is smaller, cheap price and its(the ability is functioning alone. a microcomputer copes overcomes computer ENIAC in implementing something duty.
Many languages emerges like BASIC, Pascal and PL/1. Most microcomputer is catered with linguistic in chip ROM to enable BASIC language is applied. This makes language BASIC which very popular at microcomputer.
Fourth generation
Chip still be applied process to and save memory. He is more onward, contains so that hundred thousand transistor components in it. Process of chip this high tech called very big scale amir ( very large scale integration, VLSI). Process can be done with interest proper, so that having million momentary beet. Main memory of computer becomes is bigger causing causes storage scunder is less important. Technology chip is going forward this draws near creavasse among microcomputer with minicomputer as well as microcomputer with main frame. This also realizes another computer class is called [by] supercomputer, which more proper and compares main frame.
Fifth generation
Fifth generation in evolution of possible computer had not presentation of again and he was future dream computer. fifth generation computer is more complex. He is expected to has more units process which is functioning at a time to finalize more than one duties in one a period.
This generation computer also has very big memory so that enables it is finalizing more complex problems. Central process unit also possible may function to face like man brain. This dream computer expected has separate cleverness, impressing situation around through see and wise takes something free decision than man convoys. This extraordinary conceived of " artificial intelligence".
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