There has been a change of plans!

While working on my business plan I realized that my current venture was not the way to accomplish my personal goals and those of the company - this was an exciting find.

This realization was exciting for the reason being that it created an opportunity for a change in direction; an opportunity to begin a new enterprise that will be more successful since I am already 75% there!

More proof that planning your venture carefully is the inevitable path to success.

Stay tuned...

One more from "The Drucker"
"General George C. Marshall followed Five Simple Decision Steps in making people decisions.

-First, Marshall carefully thought through the assignment. Job descriptions may last a long time, but job assignments change all the time.

-Second, Marshall always looked at several qualified people. Formal qualifications, such as those listed in a résumé, are no more than a starting point. Their absence disqualifies a candidate. However, the most important thing is that the person and the assignment fit each other. To find the best fit, you must consider at least three to five candidates.

-Third, Marshall studied the performance records of all three to five candidates to find what each did well. He looked for the candidate’s strengths. The things a person cannot do are of little importance; instead, you must concentrate on the things they can do and determine whether they are the right strengths for this particular assignment. Performance can only be built on strengths.

-Fourth, Marshall discussed the candidates with others who had worked with them. The best information often comes through informal discussions with a candidate’s former bosses and colleagues.

-Fifth, once the decision was made, Marshall made sure the appointee understood the assignment. Perhaps the best way to do this is to ask the new person to carefully think over what they have to do to be a success, and then, ninety days into the job,
have the person commit it to writing."

Source: www.druckerinstitute.com
The Essential Drucker
People Decisions
(Corpedia Online Program)

Planning My Way to Success!

I can't believe it took me so long to get going with my plan. For three years I knew that I needed to make a plan in order to achieve my goals. Do you decide to go to San Diego without knowing how to get there? Do you get in your car and drive hoping you will somehow end up in San Diego?

I am through with that - no more cruising for me without a destination and and a plan to get there. I have been heading in the right direction since I took the time to drive to San Jose at 3:00am and create a vision board then a couple of weeks later at Peete's Coffee in Walnut Creek I took 20 minutes to put it on paper as an outline with an objective.


I'M ON MY WAY!!!!!!



GOT A DESTINATION? - MAKE A PLAN! - GET THERE!



Let me finish with a little Peter Drucker:

"The best way to predict the future is to create it!"

"The critical question is not "How can I achieve?" but "What can I contribute?"

"Just go out and make yourself useful."

The Daily Drucker

I was gone but now I'm BACK! Let's get back on track with a dose of Drucker....

clipped from www.druckerinstitute.com When I published The Practice of Management, fifty years ago, that book made it possible for people to learn how to manage, something that up until then only a few geniuses seemed to be able to do, and nobody could replicate it. When I came into management, a lot of it had come out of the field of engineering. And a lot of it had come out of accounting. And some of it came out of psychology. And some more came out of labor relations. Each of those fields was considered separate, and each of them, by itself, was ineffectual. You can’t do carpentry, you know, if you have only a saw, or only a hammer, or if you have never heard of a pair of pliers. It’s when you put all of those tools into one kit that you invent. That’s what I did in large part in The Practice of Management. I made a discipline of it. Source: The Frontiers of Management