Weekly Planning Hack #39 - Plan first #plandotrack

Weekly Planning Hack #39 - Plan first

10/30/2019

The weekly planning hacks are geared to get you into immediate action. The tagline for PlanDoTrack, and Coaching Business Builder is “Daily Steps + Consistent Action = Momentum”. Things are easier to get done when in process. Think about how much energy it takes to get things going.

Part of this approach is to plan first. To take bigger tasks and break them down into manageable parts. For example, let’s say as a business owner you want to write a book. Planning can be key to success with a project like this.

First, what will the book be about? Spend time brainstorming all your ideas. Capture these in a MindMap or a set of index cards.
Next, identify what different areas you have. These may form your chapters.
From there, note the chapters, and if it’s useful, make an outline of each chapter. I will often write these on their own index card, or on a new piece of paper which I then place into a new binder with sections.
Looking at the number of chapters can help me then identify other resources I may need (i.e. research, illustrations etc). It can also help to start earmarking time windows. Perhaps I dedicate a week for writing each initial draft, OR as I do during NANOWRIMO’s Writing Months of November, a day or two for pumping out the first draft.

While “pumping out the first draft” may sound overwhelming, remember, you’ve got items in your MindMap and/or outline to start writing from. As we know in writing, it’s often through the process that the words come!

As you consider current projects you want to undertake, what does PLANNING first mean for you? What can it look like?

Best,
Jennifer

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Jennifer Britton is the blogger behind the popular Teams365 blog, a daily,blog for team leaders and members since 2014. Her latest publication is the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner. Pick up a copy at Amazon.
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10/30/2019 04:18:30 pm

If you haven't been following the weekly Facebook Lives I do related to the weekly Planning Hacks, I hope you'll check out this week's post where I share my experience of prepping for this year's NANO writing project, where I put it all into practice - MindMapping, Visioning, Chunking it down on index cards and categorizing - to prime me for Friday when I can start writing the Remote Pathways (TM) resource guide for new remote workers. Enjoy!