Creating Your Master Plan

Creating Your Master Plan
by Michael S. Clouse

We have all heard it, "Eight to ten hours a week, one Saturday a month,
and one weekend per quarter—for two to five years." Referring, of
course, to the investment of time—your time—needed to achieve success in
Network Marketing.

That declaration you will no doubt repeat, over, and still over again,
commanded as if by affirmation, determined to convince
yourself—sometimes before you even know why—that you can, no, that you
will realize all your dreams...

And as important as it is for you to understand exactly "what it will
take" to reach that elusive status called "success," I think we can
further agree that it would be an equally good idea to actually know the
things you are hoping to achieve—and why.

To accomplish this, you'll need to begin with some "futuring" as I call
it, and move on from there. In this exercise, you'll start by listing
the ten most important accomplishments you desire to achieve during the
next twelve months. Make your list quickly, without giving this a lot of
thought; that way the odds are good you will bring to the surface your
deepest desires—those ideals that are truly important to you.

Always written in present tense, your "futuring" could look something
like this:

I drive a Lexus LS 400.
I have more friends than I can count.
I have more money than I can spend.
People are always excited to meet me.
I read ten pages of a good book each day.
I pay myself first, and invest 10% of my income.
I talk with two people each day about my business.
I set aside one hour each day to further my education.
I listen to audiotapes during my automobile drive time.
My life is a masterpiece, because I design it that way.

By the way, your list may look completely different. After all, this is
your life, and you may design it anyway you choose—and you do need to
choose, or others will decide your future for you. Because the universe
can not operate in a vacuum, understand that every detail you leave out
will simply be filled in by someone else.

Therefore, after you have placed on paper the direction of your future,
begin creating your Master Plan. For this portion of your life, you will
need a daytimer, or a calendar of sorts—something you can use to record
the details of your destiny...

To accomplish this, we are going to need to schedule your year; months,
weeks, days and yes, even hours—in that order. First, block out the
commitments you have already made, and must continue to keep... This
would include the hours you work a full- or part-time job,
anniversaries, vacations, etc. Make sure you do this for the balance of
the year.

Now take another look at each and every month, and see if you missed
anything; like family time, company functions, seminars you are going to
attend, special events you might have missed on the first go-around, or
a little time to just relax.

Sadly, most people will never experience success, because they just let
time go by—and it does go by—hoping against hope, that everything will
somehow turn out okay... And then, before they realize it, life has
passed them by. We have got to be better than that! Therefore, with all
your priorities in place—written down in your planner—you can, perhaps
for the first time, see how, and where, to invest in the future you
really desire to own.

Your two-on-one appointments, follow-up calls, and business
briefings—write down the hours you have planned. Remember to schedule
time to do your prospecting and your personal development too. In other
words, find, and then put in writing, the "Eight to ten hours a week,
one Saturday a month, and one weekend per quarter—for the next two to
five years."

Because if you will just do a little preparing, and then take
action—remembering to grow a little every day, becoming better and
better—within two to five years they will call you "wealthy" in more
ways than one.

All the best,

MSC

Copyright 2002 by Michael S. Clouse.
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Michael S. Clouse
Editor-in-Chief, Nexera e-News™.
Former Editor-in-Chief, Upline® Journal.

University of Illinois at Chicago
Certified Network Marketing Professional.

Author of Future Choice, Building Your Empire,
Seven Prospecting Secrets, Business Is Booming!
Prospecting 101, and The TeleCoaching Workshop.


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