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LYNETTE MCFADDEN<br />
BUSINESS OWNER, HARCOURTS GOLD<br />
AND WELL KNOWN BUSINESSWOMAN<br />
OUR<br />
DREAMS<br />
FUEL OUR<br />
OUTCOMES!<br />
Planning for business & life!<br />
Real estate has its own annual<br />
rhythm and it’s about this time of<br />
year I start reacquainting myself<br />
with some of its finer points.<br />
It’s the end of the financial year, the<br />
commencement of business planning<br />
and, for the brand I’m associated with,<br />
conference time.<br />
It’s surreal, stressful and strategic all at once,<br />
with the pressure really being applied to<br />
enter the new financial year refreshed and<br />
refocused. Which after a year of long hours<br />
and big results is not easy.<br />
Remaining relevant to your marketplace,<br />
engaged and committed takes planning<br />
and the kind of thought processes that<br />
keep you awake at night.<br />
I run the business planning sessions for<br />
our large team of consultants and because<br />
I want to fill the box, not just tick it. I put<br />
serious amounts of time and thought<br />
into my delivery. This year I utilised a<br />
relatively creative approach to the session<br />
incorporating the following truths. There<br />
are five of them and they are my feelings<br />
and thoughts after many years at the helm.<br />
1. Any plan is better than no plan at all<br />
We all know the statistics that sit behind<br />
this statement and these can be readily<br />
accessed using Google. Basically they<br />
establish that there is a wide gulf between<br />
having a formal written plan and no plan<br />
at all. Completing a plan and following it<br />
positively correlated with business success<br />
and for many this flows on to personal<br />
success too.<br />
2. I know one plan does not fit all<br />
Plans can be long, short, elaborate or<br />
simple. Over the years I’ve had to do some<br />
plans that were so complex you needed<br />
a PhD to navigate them (hopeless). But<br />
the main aim for me as I dealt with my<br />
large group of attendees was providing a<br />
framework that got most, if not everyone<br />
thinking. Any trainer will tell you it’s almost<br />
impossible to engage everyone every time.<br />
So I go for as much participation as possible<br />
and I did remind them that there were<br />
some good take-home points of value so it<br />
was best to be alert to them.<br />
3. We can all be open to being better<br />
Better people, realtors, partners, siblings,<br />
parents, etc. and putting time aside to<br />
determine how to do this makes us better<br />
human beings. So I always include this as<br />
one of my personal truths.<br />
4. None of us has to be here<br />
Including me! So if we’re together,<br />
let’s bring our best selves.<br />
5. Our dreams fuel our outcomes<br />
Having the right dreams, goals or purpose<br />
is like having rocket fuel in the tank. It’s just<br />
a matter of identifying them and for most<br />
people that’s one of the hardest things<br />
to do.<br />
So there you are, that’s the framework.<br />
Now all I’m waiting for are the results!<br />
Enjoy this warm, lingering autumn as<br />
anyone who watches Game of Thrones will<br />
tell you – winter is coming.<br />
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WITH THE<br />
BEST!<br />
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