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I have gotten one year of running my Heaven’s Best business under my belt. There is already so much I have learned. There is so much more to learn. I’m reading about 3 business books all at once right now and waiting on more from the library.
Today, I wanted to share my vision and goals for the area I’m working. One reason is to make it public so that I have people to be accountable to.
The mission statement I’m trying to go by (it’s very similar to the one we all have, I just wanted something I could recite easily).
– To Be Worthy of, In ALL WE DO, The Name: Heaven’s Best! –All, meaning: cleaning, customer care and service, driving, phone calls, communication with customers,… pretty much, EVERYTHING! 🙂
Vision:
I want our customers to say “WOW!” That’s when I know we did a good job. I love helping people. One way that I do that, is by helping them have a clean home to live in. It’s so much nicer living in a clean and tidy home.We try to treat our customers like family members and our employees like team members.
Core Values:
Love Serving
Love Making Others Smile
Love CleanGoals:
– $2,500 in business emergency fund (I’m almost there, but I may use some of it to run some ads)
– Mar. 15, 2014 – 1 more van (I’m working on this by getting a few things here and there to fill the van)
– Mar. 15, 2015 – Be out of van mostly
– Mar. 15, 2017 – 3-4 trucks, Pay off business loan, Be able to hire general manager
– Beyond – $500,000 in receipts per year, 5+ trucksWhy I’m doing this all.
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EntreLeadership
Good to Great
48 Days to the Work You Love
Start. Punch Fear in the Face – is the one I’m waiting on from the library
You MUST listen to the EntreLeadership podcast. – Here is the link – here I listen to it when I clean empty places. I also listen to the podcasts done by Michael Hyatt here and the one done by Dan Miller here. Someday I will go to the EntreLeadership Master Series (it’s something like $6,000).
I want to get E-myth Revisited and re-read that. Another person I am trying to follow is Chris LoCurto.
E-Myth revisited is a must for any owner/operator if you want to grow. Seth Godin is also another excellent guide for business owners. His main focus is marketing. A business without goals is doomed, good for you.
Michael,
We need more operators to do this sort of thing. I applaud what you are doing. Your goals are great and the mission statement is good too. The thing that you may have done or may not have done is your plan to achieve those goals. I encourage you to write up a detailed plan on how your are going to reach those goals and objectives. Put them on on a timeline and hold yourself to it.Those are some great looking kids! They are lucky to have you as a Daddy. Good luck!
You are right Bryan. I have weekly goals. But I think I need a greater or better game plan. The timeline is true. With out specific steps and a timeline nothing will happen.
Do you have suggestions of things you have done that are specific steps?
I’m not an authority on this except I know (in conjunction with the above statements) the weekly goal must be incorporated in the daily TO-DO list. For example, in order for MY weekly goal to reach fruition I must spend one hour a day to accomplish my short and long term goals.
Secondly, having a mentor is extremely beneficial and having someone to report to is a must.I mentioned in the Oregon-Washington and in the Iowa regional seminars, about the guy who was so committed to obtaining his goal, if he succeeded, he would take his family to Disneyland for a week! (The family posted Disneyland posters all over the house) If he did not succeed, he was committed to send a check. He wrote out the check and placed it next to his posted goal on the refrigerator. The check was written to the KKK for $10,000. You guessed it. He is a black man. Do you think for a moment, he didn’t obtain his goal?
What’s your reward and failure associated with your goals?
Reviewing and working on your goals is like taking time to sharpen the saw. A dull blade will work on butter but really limits your potential. Goals without constant activity are only dreams.
Have you ever seen a drag race? Spinning wheels gives the allusion that your making progress, when in reality it’s wasting time & money (fuel & tires) and still gives that adrenaline rush (allusion of power and progress). The back tires moving represents action. More important is the front tires. Spinning tires without focus takes off in other directions unless you have a constant direction correction toward your visionary goals. Dreams can become visions only after goals are set and action is taken.So, turn your dreams into visions by taking the time to sharpen the saw!
Awsome thread! Gordon I posted that analogy on face book, I love it! I accomplished one of my goals yeaterdAy, my work van is mine! Paid in full! Over the next 12 months my goal is to be debt free excluding my rental properties!
Way to go Patrick!!!
Twelve months from now I expect to hear your scream “I’m DEBT FREE!!!” on the Dave Ramsey radio show!
Thanks for the compliment.
Ill still owe 400000 plus on the apartments but that ain’t nuton but a chicken wing 😉
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