My Business On Purpose

January 1 is too late to begin the annual preparation for your business. Studying the habits of elite military and sports organizations you will see a theme of early and relentless preparation; a willingness to bypass the chaos of the moment and all of the random fire-stopping that comes with it, and instead electing to focus time and energy preparing for what is coming. In business, we have a poor habit of future preparation and instead give ourselves to chaotic duct-taping and a strategy of “crossing that bridge when we come to it”.  You can do it differently and reap the benefit of early preparation with the satisfaction of long-term predictability.   What you plant today will be harvested 3, 6, 9, and 12 months from today.  If you plant chaos today, chaos is the rotten fruit that will be gathered on the ground.  If you plant repetition, predictability, and meaning today, the robust and fulfilling fruit of preparation will be harvested and replanted over and over. Every year beginning in November, we walk