Comments on: 10 Context Questions: Strategic Planning Two

By: Tony Finbarr-Smith

Tony Finbarr-Smith — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:26:13 +0000

update: on recommendation just bought “Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance” by Tony Dungy… just waiting on the good peeps at Amazon to get it to me now.

Never heard of the fella before, but hear it’s a great book for getting your head around your WHY, so I’m open to discovering my purpose

Thanks for all teh cool free stuff you’re always giving us; it’s truly appreciated

Tony.

By: Why Focused, Action Takers Fail | From The Desk of David

Why Focused, Action Takers Fail | From The Desk of David — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:02:28 +0000

[...] of explaining that, I’ll direct you to Paul Lemberg’s video on getting that understanding by answering for yourself 10 questions that will help you know what objectives you should be [...]

By: admin

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:35:14 +0000

I will – as soon as I get the file.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:34:23 +0000

Frank, You’re welcome. Got to tell you though… My stuff? Never the same.

By: frank

frank — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:24:09 +0000

I didn’t know what to expect from this video. I assumed it was going to be the same stuff everyone else is spewing out. But thankfully it wasn’t.

I took notes and mind mapped out the 10 points.
Then went through and asked myself the questions and came up with a lot of great information that will allow me to work towards my objectives now.

Thanks,

Frank

By: Don Stanton

Don Stanton — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:33:49 +0000

Paul,

The webinar was great timing, as I started working on my goals for the next one and a half years.

At the present my goals are for getting my life back and rebuilding my business.

You could say that my life and businesses were put on hold 5 years ago this month, when I became full time Custodial Caregiver of my mother. Last week, I told my sister that it is her turn, that she has to forget about her all so important social life and take over as our mother’s caregiver. Before January 2005, I had been part time (4 to 6 months each year) caregiver of my mother for 12 years.

Now I have a lot of catching up to do and a lot of uncompleted work and new work that needs to be done and businesses to restart and build again.

First I made lists for the things that need to be done for my personal life, my house, and my family.
Then I made lists of the things I need to do for my businesses to get them started again.
Then I made lists of the things I need to do rebuild my businesses and get traffic to and sales from them.
Next I worked on timing schedules for doing everything.

My goals for this year are to get a lot of all of this done, to have my businesses up and running and make at least $30,000 from the businesses.

Long term goals will have to wait a little bit until I get caught up a bit.

Thank you for the great webinar. I am looking forward to attending more of your training webinars.

By: Jim Edward

Jim Edward — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:07:23 +0000

What an eye opening webinar last night Paul. I could have stayed online for another two hours.

To go year after year with the same “mindset” or context and wondering why you are failing at your goals…
I understand now. Being a solopreneur myself ,working in several partnerships, I owe it to myself to realign my context and keep daily track of my goals instead of external forces controlling me as they have in the past.

You now have a fan, in case you haven’t noticed. I assume you will repost the webinar here?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:59:38 +0000

Glenn — I’m all for knowledge and understanding. Now I want to hear about how you put it to use. Feel free to post on the impact you’re having. –pl

By: admin

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:58:35 +0000

Hey Mark, Do keep me posted. Would love to hear how you applied these focusing strategies to your business. –pl

By: Mark Coudray

Mark Coudray — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:05:15 +0000

Paul, Fantastic webinar. I would expect nothing less. This comes at a perfect time for me as we’re right in the middle of doing some serious self assessment. This is particularly important as we are dealing with letting go of legacy areas of our existing business.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:04:54 +0000

Charles, glad to hear it. Spread the word…

By: admin

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:04:12 +0000

Jack – It is amazing how shifting your frame of reference transforms not only how you perceive things, but your results. As Werner Erhardt said, humans are meaning-making machines, and with the wrong meaning, everything is just plain wrong. The flip side, of course, is very true. –pl

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:38:20 +0000

You nailed it on the head Paul. Context is everything. The “frame” (of mind) is also key to actually achieving the goals.

I hope you can share more about your experiences as to how to properly set or adjust the right “mind frames” (context) to suit the goals/tasks on hand.

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:19:25 +0000

Thanks Paul. You’ve just increased my understand and knowledge on planning. You may not know the impact you’ve just made right now. This will help not only my family, my friends and me, but young people and adults who come to see me for advice. May God bless you.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:27:53 +0000

Paul, wisdom continues to shine upon and through you. I always look forward to what you choose to share, this being no exception. Indeed, context affects an environment of decision. Discussing Be/Do/Have – particularly within this framework – lends to an increased appreciation of their significance toward achieving results consistent with greater understanding of our ‘desires’ and of those things that impede our progress. Such impediments are often invisible to us until we deliberately refine our objectives [and/or our understanding thereof]. In turn, this affects a context within which we can more clearly evaluate and manage available resources toward coordinated ends of our choosing.

By: Gina Gray

Gina Gray — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:01:41 +0000

Another great masterpiece by the great Paul Lemberg. Ok
So you know I have to watch that again and write that all down now.

Thank you Paul for my outline for ’10.

Very grateful to you again!

Gina Gray
http://www.marketing4unow.com
http://www.whatshotsouthjersey.com

By: Paul Cronin

Paul Cronin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:50:40 +0000

Fabulous job as always! Happy New year!, PC

By: admin

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:29:54 +0000

Easy? Good luck! Powerful? Definitely. Go for it.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:29:19 +0000

George – did you see the discussion on Fear of Failure and Fear of Success elsewhere on this blog?

By: admin

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:28:33 +0000

Dr Frank. Simple: ask them. Have you surveyed your list? Have you asked THEM what keeps them up at night? Or, ask them what is the most pressing question on their minds? –pl