1. Other People Power (team): My banker is working on writing up a loan. My realtor is working on negotiating a letter of intent to lease a space. I talked with my business adviser this morning to review the initial loan agreement and letter of intent mentioned above. My equipment provider will receive a list of equipment this afternoon and begin working on pricing and invoicing. My contractor is waiting for all the above to come through so he can get to work. My insurance providers will be working on some numbers next week. I am the axle and there are connections out to the wheels via the spokes who are specialists in their given field. Eventually I will build my team such that each axle will be a team reaching out to the spokes (ie. my business manager will be working with my realtor and my finance clerk will be contacting the bank.) All this frees me up to write this blog post and work on laser day things.
2. I've finally gotten out of the trap of working in Stephen Covey's (7 Habits of Highly Effective People) Quadrants III and IV (Unimportant and Urgent, and Unimportant and Not Urgent), I've delegated most of quadrant I for the moment (Important and Urgent) leaving me to work in quadrant IV (Important and Not Urgent). This is what Jennifer White calls a "laser day". This is where the best ideas for future products, services and activities come from. This is where much of the personal and business growth comes from. This is where you can anticipate fires before they start and improve upon products and services and dream to launch bigger and better things to change your life and our world. It's been a long time coming. At first it was a little unsettling--there's nothing urgent and important today...what do I put on my do list? I hope to see more laser days in the days to come!
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