Everyone in our team felt like month end really crept up and was upon us quickly this September. As we enter the final 90 day sprint of the year this week, what are you doing to review where you are up to and where you want to be when 1st Jan 2019 arrives?
I just spent 45 mins reviewing goals that were set at the beginning of the year and creating a plan that will bring a win for the quarter ahead.
Something I’ve been working hard on this year is to act on the wisdom that here is real power in advance DECISION making when it comes to simply getting things done. It’s a massive productivity hack because most of the energy and stress of your property entrepreneurship isn’t actually “doing stuff”… it’s deciding which stuff to do. Figuring it out, eliminating alternatives, prioritising… that’s the stuff that wears us out.
That’s why people like Steve Jobs wore identical clothes every day. Less decisions. I think Mark Zuckerberg does the same – ie by having a wardrobe of jeans and tees of the same colour/design.
Whilst it takes being really intentional, I’ve found that by using pre-decision on a Sunday night to get clear on the week ahead it avoids second guessing in the moment of each day. I learned this from a productivity coach years ago and practice the advice each week. When Monday comes it’s then just a just a matter of doing. Following through on what you said you would. You already decided. The hardest part (deciding) is over.
No need to second guess. No need to hesitate. Just get it done. Execution is everything.
So why not apply this simple yet powerful approach to finishing the year strong this Q4?
You may or may not remember I wrote a 2 part post in week #2 & #3 of this year about goal setting and implementing, link below
Here are four key steps from that post to help you DECIDE NOW what your Q4 will look like and how to stack the probability of success in your favour!
For each main goal/project run through these steps:
#1 What specifically needs to happen…to get started? To continue? To finish?
#2 How can you measure progress? (ie no. of viewings/offers per week. Booking revenue, occupancy by month..) When answering these questions think about what can be ritualised/repeated.
#3 What deadlines need to happen within 12 weeks? Think it through and allocate deadlines you can put into your diary.
#4 How can you stack multiple layers of accountability onto this project. In other words, who all can you inform, involve, make a pledge to etc that will help you follow through on your promise. Think mentors, family, advisors, peers).
12 WEEK PROJECT PLAN
The final stage to this is creating your 12 week project plan where you literally create a grid with 84 – 91 days and then populate it with dates, specifics and deadlines (as per your answers to the Q’s above) to work to each day and week. Schedule this stuff in using the mechanisms that work for you, phone, outlook calendar, a wall chart or whatever. Allocate sufficient time and protect it in your diary.
And there you have it.
Here’s to finishing the year strong