Those of you who’ve read my book, “Celebritize Yourself,” know that it describes a foolproof system for making yourself a go-to source for the media: You provide journalists with the content and insights they need; they provide you with mass-media exposure.
The “Never Enough” Mindset comes from the belief that no matter what you do or have, it won’t be enough. This mindset is buried deep into the American culture and many companies unwittingly reinforce it every day and in a variety of ways.
How much untapped potential lies within your business?
If all the stars were to align and you had every tool you needed, if you made every effort possible, and if innovations yet to be thought of were implemented, how much more do you think you and your team as a whole could realistically create in annual sales revenue?
Planning is planning and strategy is strategy, but to say that planning strategically, or “strategic planning” is a call of management is a bit of an oxy moron or at least a practice for the moronic. People claiming to be consultants who facilitate strategic planning probably don’t know the most rudimentary aspects of business strategy nor management. Beware of the “Strategic Planning” expert.
It seems that we all have a number in mind, it may or may not be realistic, but we like to believe that if we get there, we would have secured our financial future and could retire without worry. For many this “number” seems to be forever out of reach. For some it is “a little bit more,” although they may have already achieved enough to retire comfortably.