When you take time to plan the end in mind, the end usually turns out better than if you just get going and see how it goes.
It’s the same for landscaping a garden or running a business.
Pal from Bloomin’ Gardens and Landscapes admits that he pretty much winged the rocky first two years of his property landscaping business.
In the last 3 months, Easter to July, he made a commitment and a declaration to have a 12 month business plan in place by the end of this period.
We used this period for a weekly chat to capture any new ideas or thoughts he’d had in the previous week about how he would like to see the business evolve over the next 12 months.
Lots of ideas went into the pot – some stuck, and others were thrown out after having more time to think about them.
This turns out to be a good way of getting clear on a desired future.
There’s a distinction between procrastinating, delaying getting round to non-urgent but important things, and precrastinating, trying to get everything done too quickly without allowing time to consider whether its a good idea or not.
A middle ground sweet spot, where you’re allowing time for ideas to percolate, but not progress. The carpenter’s old saying, ‘Measure twice, cut once’.
The result for Pal over this period was a clear, condensed, achievable, and empowering 5-year plan for his business.