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January 8. 2009

OK... where have I been?  Good question.  Didn't I just go to bed last night and it was Wednesday, November 25th... the day before Thanksgiving?  When I woke up, it was Monday, January 4th?!?!  Can anyone relate to this?  And how in the world did I gain 10 lbs overnight?  geez!
This is something known as the Business Holiday Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Syndrome (BHCMPS) or more commonly known as CRAP!  (Can't Remember Anything Period)  During this period, we drift off into a deep sleep.  There are several causes for this syndrome:

1.   We don't WANT to remember 2009.
2.   We can't WAIT to forget 2009.
3.   We're spending time with family and friends.
4.   If business hasn't happened by now it's not going to happen, so we'll just stick our heads into the ground.
5.   We're busy buying presents and drinking lots of egg nog... or some other drink of choice.

Regardless of the reason, it's like carbon monoxide in that it is colorless, odorless, tasteless and hard to detect (especially when drinking  :)  ) Anyway, we're lulled into a deep sleep and before we know it... 6 weeks have passed us by!  Then we scurry around because it's the New Year and we didn't spend any time looking introspectively at 2009.  No K.W.I.N.K. (Knowing What I Now Know, what would I do differently...) analysis was done.  NOR did we do any real planning for 2010.  OK, so it's January 8th and we didn't plan, we didn't "finish up", and we didn't get clear focus...what now?  Well, there's not much we can do about that now.  So I say MOVE ON!!
How can we "recover" from this "CRAP" and start looking ahead to 2010?  The prescription for this is KISS.  KISS to the rescue AGAIN... "KEEP-IT-STUPID-SIMPLE"... yes, I said that right... KISS doesn't stand for "keep it simple, stupid".  We're not stupid!  We just like to complicate things.  It's time to "stupify" (Definition = the act of making something Stupid Simple). By the way, I like to make up words.  I'm still working on my own dictionary.  Coming soon.
Think about "stupifying" your business strategy.  Imagine that you are lost out in our beautiful Colorado backyard wilderness and you have nothing other than the clothes on your back.  Your job is to survive.  You would naturally scheme to find water, food, and shelter.  Those are your top priorities.  You would focus whole-heartedly on the MOST important activities for your survival.  Now, plant that picture into your business.  But, in your business you don't want mere survival.  You want "THRIVAL" (another word for my dictionary. Definition = Rhymes with survival, but still means thrive).  What are those basic elements in the life of your business that are synonymous with water, food and shelter?  Those are your goals! Whether it be 3 things or 10 things, the key is to keep it SIMPLE and BASIC.  Now, I can hear you already (insert whiny voice)... "but Shane, my business is not simple and basic!"  Yes!  You are right!  Because WE LIKE TO COMPLICATE THINGS!  Trust me here.  Pick on the items that are your 'water', 'food', and 'shelter' in your business... and then work hard DAILY at those things.  This is your Major Definite Purpose (MDP) which Brian Tracy defines as the ONE goal that is MOST important to you at the moment.  It is usually the one goal that will help you to achieve more of your other goals than anything else you can accomplish.
That's it!  Simplify your thinking... better yet... Stupify it!  KISS on!!!

Now wake up sleepy head and rid yourself of CRAP...welcome to a fantastic new year, new decade, AND to a new you!
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