WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR BUSINESSES
READY FOR A BUMPER 2010 WITH OUR 7 DAY ROADMAP TO A PROFITABLE YEAR
DAY 1 - SETTING AND DOCUMENTING YOUR
BUSINESS AND PERSONAL GOALS
Having made many promises to myself
in the past and having thought of many ideas that I haven't acted upon, I have
come to the conclusion that in order to achieve success, my goals and
aspirations need to be both written and attainable.
You will often hear people say that writing goals down is a waste of time and
it's far better to leave these things to happen or just go with the flow. I
challenge you to find one successful business leader who will agree with this
approach. Writing your goals down brings you one step closer to achieving them.
Find focus for what you want in 2010. Looking forward, give some thought to
setting goals that will make you push yourself harder than you have in the past.
A goal should not be easy, but it should also be something you can reach. Real
success comes through hard work.
The old saying "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the
stars" is the whole point. If you do not know what success looks like, how will
you know when you get it? You will know because you have written down a
measurable goal to achieve.
Here are 7 great tips for setting goals and
taking action right now:
1. Set aside some time today (1-2 hours) to contemplate the last 12 months and
even further and identify what you want in the future. Make it a priority to
know where you want to go in 2010 and where you want to be even further ahead.
These goals will become your "Why"; the reasons that you work so hard, and will
keep you focused when you lose sight of the prize or have a bad day that makes
you question why you're even doing anything at all.
2. Set three or four attainable goals in two areas: professional and personal.
You do not want to just be focused on business, as there's more to life than
meeting a quota. Do not set too many or to few goals, as this should not be too
easy, nor should it be a burden. Like I mentioned, it's about being attainable.
3. Write your goals on paper first. Have a look over these and review. Are they
big enough goals? Are they too easy? Do these goals allow you live the lifestyle
you want? Once you're happy, transfer them to your computer using our form.
Print three copies. One copy for you home, one for your desk at work, and shrink
a third down so it fits in your wallet.
4. Review your goals often. Daily is best, but at least once a week. Keeping
them in front of you and actively thinking about them will make it easier to
make the tough choices each day because you'll be reminding yourself of the
"why" and the reasoning behind why you do what you do, even when the going gets
tougher and tougher sometimes.
5. Take action. Goals are not magic. This is not "the law of attraction". You
have to make smart choices on how to focus your time and resources so that you
are moving toward your goals and not away from them. Sitting still does not work
either but momentum does. The most important thing is to actually get started.
The hardest part of climbing a mountain is convincing yourself to start.
6. Celebrate victories. Anything that moves you closer to achieving a goal is
worthy of treating yourself to something. In America the culture revolves around
celebrating victories and it makes a lot of sense to reward yourself for a job
well done. This is going to have the added effect of helping you on to achieve
the next goal.
7. Share your goals with others. When you tell people you are working toward
something, you are more likely to follow through on the efforts necessary to
reach your goals. Tell your husband or your wife, tell your colleagues and your
staff about your business goals and you can even tell me. I'm to happy to
receive your email with your goals and I'll even check in with you to see if
you're hitting your targets every now and again! (My email address is barry@barkeeper.ie
if you want to do this)
If you don't create goals and work toward them you will never know if the
process will help you be more successful. If you do it and it does not work out
the way you want, at the very worst, you've learned what doesn't work, but the
chances are that you will have made some momentum in the process.
Helpful Goal Setting Toolkit
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Your Strategy Planning Meeting Checklist It is important for the health and success of your
business that, at least once a year, you hold a Strategic Planning Meeting.
Barkeeper has compiled Your Strategy Planning Meeting Checklist, so you can be
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Goal Planning Template Do you want to ensure your staff have a career plan
for development in your business? Do you want to make sure that you're getting
the most from your staff? Not only will this Goal Planning Template help ensure
your getting the best from your staff, but it will also help you retain your
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Strategic Business Planning
Barkeeper, in association with Andersen Bowe, brings you Strategic Business
Planning. Download this comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know
about planning for your successful hospitality business.
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SO WHAT IS THIS
ROADMAP?
Each day, we will put another piece of the puzzle together so that
by the end of the 7 days, you will have identified your goals, overhauled
your business and relieved the stress and burden of the coming year by
having a clear, actionable plan together with the roadmap that will take
you exactly where you want to go.
Each day for 7 Days, you'll get:
A
Video Strategy Overview
I will bring you a new video every
day with instructions on how to achieve your strategy for that day. I will
talk about the overall strategy as well as breaking down each step needed
to reach that goal. You will hear about the tactics needed to achieve that
strategy and mention the particular tools that you can use to ensure your
success.
A
Step by Step Plan to Follow
Accompanying each video will be a
step by step plan that you can easily follow and tick off as you progress
through the plan. You'll be able to ensure you have each step completed
before beginning the next day.
Access
to all the tools in our toolkit that you will need for your strategy
As you can imagine, you're going to
need many tools and templates to help you in your planning. We've taken
care of that for you with links to every tool you'll need on our websites
and elsewhere.
DAY 2
R - Review & Reveal the Bar
Costs & Profits On average, members of Barkeeper obtain a
higher percentage of their revenue from the bar than any other area. With
this in mind, we will show you how to identify the cost base in the bar,
seek out new streams of revenue and maximise the potential of this key
revenue centre.
DAY 3
O - Organise & Optimise the
Kitchen Don't ignore the kitchen. With so many
expensive ingredients and potential for losses, we show you how to set up
a complete kitchen management program so that at any time you will know
whether you're profitable or not. Essential stuff.
DAY 4
F - Fire or Focus your staff Whether you want to believe it or not, some
of your staff will prevent you from achieving your goals. We'll show you
how to get rid of the staff that don't fit in with your plan while
focusing those staff members you want to keep on the goals ahead.
DAY 5
I - Identify & Implement the
promotion and marketing plan Nothing will happen without telling people.
We'll show you how to attract customers to your business, build a
marketing and promotion plan for the year and take advantage of relevant
events in your area.
DAY 6
T - Taking advantage of
existing Customers and get to the next revenue level Once you have attracted customers, we'll show
you how to increase the average spend, upsell additional items, cross sell
related products and get more bang for your marketing buck!
DAY 7
S - Sealing the deal -
Achieving Business Excellence By day 7, we'll have shown you how to analyse
your business, optimize it's financial performance and attract more
customers. Next it's time to achieve business excellence-the factor that
will keep these customers coming back again and again. Without excellence,
you're just lost in the crowd.
If you have any questions about
this roadmap, feel free to email me directly at
barry@barkeeper.ie.
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Strategic Business Planning 
A
Video Strategy Overview
A
Step by Step Plan to Follow
Access
to all the tools in our toolkit that you will need for your strategy