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I’m always planning ahead — always have been. How about you? What fraction of your daily time do you devote to planning ahead?
Of course, all of us always need to focus on what we’re doing in each of our golden moments. But we also need to be planning ahead, to assure more golden moments in the future.
Here we are, entertaining at a Christmastime party several years ago. A party like this is a great example of planning ahead. Whether the organizer is a large company, a small group, or a private individual, the typical party involves coordinating lots of details.
The more details, and the more elaborate, the sooner the planning ought to begin. Here in mid-July, we already have several December dates reserved for big holiday parties, and many more “under discussion”.
As you might imagine, a party’s complexity can vary all over the place. Planning might run from a few days to over a year.
I recently calculated that a wedding reception reserves us an average of six months ahead. Planning wedding music is seldom the top priority, so we’re seldom the first item to be planned, usually following the facility, bride’s dress, jeweler, caterer, photographer, and possibly more.
So it’s important that we “get in line”. One way or another, we’re all dancing to that tune, aren’t we?
For us, there is no “busy season”. We work steadily all year, in part because I’m always planning ahead, anticipating when the people we’ll help will begin their own planning ahead.
YOUR turn. How much of YOUR time are you planning ahead?
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I will tell you that we don’t plan ahead- not in the conventional sense. Because we plan our business activities every year (sometimes twice a year- more about that in a second). And, each project that we undertake is planned. So, we have clear and concise goals, know where it fits into our mission and vision. Then, we just monitor progress. And, if there is a problem, we react- IMMEDIATELY (OK, within the week for a longer project; within an hour for a short-term gig.)
And, we may need to adjust our longer term business plans- because we’ve already met the objectives for the year- and then spend more time (off line) planning for the next year.