Create Your Battle Board!

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Create your battleboard. Create your battleboard. Right, Write it down. Create your battleboard. What does that mean? Here's what it means. If I could through the Internet and show up in your house right now, could you take me by the hand and show me a wall in your house that clearly outlines and shows what you are working for and towards? Maybe you call it a vision wall, maybe you call it a mission wall. Maybe you call it your, you know, your war room. But is there somewhere, can you show me on a wall visually in your house? Not on your computer, not in your little phone, you know, not on this one little note that you tuck away and you hide from everybody else so they don't see what you're working on. No. Show me a wall with your battle plan. See, so many people. Don't break through, and they don't break through, because what's end up happening for them is so often they're in this place where, you know, unfortunately, the truth is. The truth is they didn't have a plan, and they won't talk about it, and they won't say anything to anybody. And yet, if you get down to it, you start coaching, start working with them, you find out they didn't have a plan. They did not have a plan. And so I think it's important that you realize the value of having your battle plan. Right. So a battleboard. What's a battleboard? If I show to your house, you would have a wall somewhere. Maybe it's a, you know, maybe you wrote it on a regular eight and a half by 11. Or if you saw it in my room, it's like I went to. I literally got, like, butcher paper and I take, you know, some blue tape. And what is on that wall? There's 12 boxes on that wall, ladies and gentlemen. What's on that battleboard? 12 boxes. What's each box? Yep. A month. Each box represents one month. And within that box, what do I have written down? The goals that have to happen that month, the metrics that have to happen that month, the steps I'm going to take, the key activities of that month right there on the battleboard. Y' all got it? So. And I've seen a lot of these from clients before. I'll walk in and there's their Battleboard. You know, they might have a fancy one made out of burlap and text and beautiful Instagram. Ready Battleboard. And here's what they got. They got their mission statement across the top, and then they've got on there a reminder of the three words of who they want to be as a person. You know, enthusiastic, bold, present. Oh, I like that. Then they've got the 12 boxes. Oh, look, in July. Here's the numbers they're trying to hit. Here's what they're trying to do in August. Here's what they're trying to do in September. And on that battleboard, it might be the most simple things it might be in September event coming up. Okay, what are they doing before the event? Here's the five steps. Okay. October. What are they doing? They're taking the vacation. Here's what's going on. But visually representing your battle plan that's on a wall that you see all the time is so important. I cannot tell you how many people fail to do this. And I think it's unfortunate, because if I know many of you have been in corporate America before. If you've ever worked at the senior leadership level, they've got war rooms dedicated towards this. I've had the blessing of being in the White House multiple times. I've had the blessing of being at NASA. I've had the blessing of being at some of the biggest companies in the world. And when I work with these executives, they dork out on, oh, here's what we're working on, Brendan. And there's a board. I just call it the battle board. And they're right on. The battleboard is everything they are working towards and moving towards. And I see that battleboard, and I know them and I know they're going to achieve it right in your business. I'm sure you got a whiteboard somewhere. But here's the issue. A lot of people have a whiteboard in their house, in their home, in their office, and it's empty all the time, or they use it once in a while. No battleboard, permanent plan for achieving what this year. So if you don't have that, give yourself the gift, Go get some butcher paper or big poster board, tape it up, get some blue tape so it doesn't rip off your paint, tape it up on a wall, draw a box, July, August, September, October, November, December, and get razor clear. What are your monthly or your weekly goals? What's going to be on there? What are you achieving? What are you working towards? Because some of you, the reason you haven't doubled your progress this year, your eye keeps getting taken off the game plan. You lose yourself in this. So many people listen. I guess the average person now picks this up over 80 times a day. They pick up their phone 80 times a day and look at it, and look at it and look at it. But ask them, did you look at your battle plan for the year? Do you know where you're at this month, what's next month? And they can't even say yes. And you're like, this is a challenge. This is a problem, my friends. So let's get better at this. Create your battle board. You got to have a board up. You got to have a board up. How are you going to win if you don't have a board up? You know, I always loved if you ever visit the stock exchange, old school, down on the stock floor, and you.

Looked up and they got all the.

Numbers ticking across there. It tells everyone on the floor what to pay attention to, what to do. Now, we've advanced beyond that, obviously, but there's some symbolism in that, and I just believe so many people. It's not that they don't even. I mean, listen, did you look at your goals every day this year? Every day. Did you look at your goals every day this year? It's such a simple question. Every day. I don't mean once in a while every day. And if you didn't, my invitation to you is to consider the fact that maybe the amount of time that you're spending with your goals is not sufficient enough to motivate you. Maybe the amount of time you're spending with your goals is not sufficient enough to keep you focused. Maybe the amount of time you're spending with your goals is not sufficient enough to activate that unconscious brain that says, huh, I know how to achieve that. Maybe it's the reason you're not coming up with more ideas in the shower in the morning, because you're not queuing your brain with enough repetition of looking at your specific goals. Because when you look at your specific goals over and over and over and.

Over again, day after day after day.

After day, it literally helps rewire your brain and it helps program your brain to say, oh, let me pay attention to ideas, thoughts, and feelings I have consciously and unconsciously that might be able to manifest these goals. This is why having a visual representation of what you are after and looking at it every day is so critical to all of personal development training of all time. But why is it that so many people still don't do it? They just get caught up. More people look at other people's Instagram every day than they do their own goals. And we wonder why so many people are struggling to achieve things faster. Let's get you back on your plan. Let's get you back on you moving forward, because you're paying attention to what is necessary for your life, your goals every day. Best of all, if you have your goals, I appreciate a list of goals, but I'd rather see it chart it out on a page. There it is. Monthly goals, major activities. Got it. Mission statement. Okay.

Three words that define who I am.

Okay. My values. Great. Something up on that board that you look at and you go, there's my life. That's what I'm working towards today.

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Attack the low hanging fruit this month. What does that mean? I know sometimes our aphorisms don't work around the world. Low hanging fruit it means your quick wins. The things that you can do that are easy, that get you progress right now. Let me give an example. Some of you are trying to double your business and you are doing all this work building systems and running out there and trying to be new people, going to 50 networking events and everything else. And sometimes it's like hey, send an offer to your current buyer list, they're already your customers. That's the low hanging fruit, right? It's about going after what's there and going after low hanging fruit. Notice this month, what's an easy thing that you've all that you already know how to do, that you've done before or an opportunity that you haven't gone back to that well, you're out here trying to do a million new things but you already have this thing that works, that you can just work this thing that works again really diligently for the next 30 days and see major progress. That's what I'm talking About with this strategy of attacking the low hanging fruit. What's already there? What's already easy? What have you done before? What have you systemized, proven or shown before? And work that thing, my friend, what's the low hanging fruit? I want you to write it down. Like, think about it. What's the low hanging fruit in my business? Or what's the low hanging fruit my career as business. If you work for other people, what's the thing we could do right away in the next 30 days that would really help advance our mission, our agenda? What is it? What's that thing? What's the thing we could take advantage of? You know that's right there. In all areas of your life, there's low hanging fruits. Some of you are like, well, one day I'm going to get healthy. You already have a friend who works out. Why don't you call them tonight and say, hey, could we work out together this week? Low hanging fruit, it's already there. You're like, well, someday I'll get the perfect trainer. No, you have friends who already work out and work out harder than you. Go work out with them. Well, someday I'll figure out the perfect nutrition plan. No, you already got that little hanging fruit. You already know what to do. Do what you already know how to do. I think so many people are seeking the new, new, new new thing and they're missing the thing in front of them. I know that's common sense, but you hear me say it all the time. Common sense is not always common practice. And that's why so many people fail to reach their full potential. They're not practicing the basics. If you own your own business, go back to your buyers, offer them something right now, in the next nine days, everyone who ever bought anything from you, ever go offer them something that you already have, that you already know how to fulfill, that you already know how to implement, that you already know how to get out there. Yes, you could wait until you built the next seven products or go revisit everybody who hasn't bought the product you do have and make a little video and say, hey, I noticed you haven't bought this. You really should buy this. Here's why. It's great value can really serve you. Like just go. It's like it's right there for you. You're sometimes waiting for the biggest lottery winning ticket when in front of you, you've got 20 bucks for dinner tonight, like you've got the low hanging fruit available to you. Go enjoy it, use it. I'm not Saying, don't be strategic. Because that's what the battle board was for. Your battleboard was your strategic plan. It had your monthly goals, it had your weekly goals, had your major activities. Maybe you wrote down some of the obstacles you're going to face along the way. Maybe you delegated a few items up there. Maybe you got your whole metrics built out for the rest of the year. That's your strategic plan. But then don't forget there's some simple moves. What are the simple moves you can do to dramatically improve your life right now? Daily goals. Done by one. Done by one. Done by one. What I want you to do is every morning, fill out your high performance planner, know what you need to focus on and get done that day. And then ask yourself, if I could only if I had to get this done by 1 01pm how would I do it if I only got to work until 1pm and I know some of you only do work to 1pm because we had a lot of extraordinary, successful people in this community who, you know, you work your mornings, you take your afternoons off. I get it. I appreciate you too. But for those of you who have not achieved that yet, okay, let's think about it. Let's ask this question. If you only had. Let's imagine the day only went to 1pm obviously you couldn't get everything in. So what do you have to focus on if you're going to have done by one? What do you have to focus on? The major priorities and the needle moving activities. Write it down. The major priorities of the day and the major needle moving activities done by one. That's what I do. And people like, how does he get so much done? I'm probably not doing any more than anybody else. Is that every day though? The major priorities and the major needle moving activities done by one. Write it down. Major priorities, major needle moving activities done by one. Then guess what? It leaves a whole afternoon to all the randomness of life. Right. Oh, I got to take a call. Great. Guess what? I don't take any calls till the afternoon. Why? I set that up so that I can make sure that I focused on the morning. Being dedicated towards moving my life and my business forward. That was my progress check. That's what I focus on. It's like, did I do what is necessary this morning? Before, I took random calls from other people, asking me things, pitching me things, interviewing me on things. Now some of you say that's just not possible.

Brandon, I got to get the kids.

Up, get them school, come back, check my Email, respond to everybody else. And I'm like, no, you need to do your job and get it done by one. The major needle moving activities that are your job, get it done by one. You got to reorient the day. Now people say, well, Brendan, what is one? I say, well, one is kind of arbitrary, isn't it? Because if you got it done by.

Two, would that be equally good?

Yes. But the done by one, because it rhymes, it sticks in your brain a little bit, right? You guys like this? It's like done by one mentality allows me to move ahead faster because I imagine I go, I only have till 1 o' clock to get my major needle moving activities. So every day by one, the major things that had to get done that I had to do, I've either got them done or significantly along the way, and that's what's important. But many people aren't doing that. You know what you're doing. You're spending so much time reacting to everybody else in the morning that you're not doing the major things that were on your plate that you were supposed to do. And that is why I know without a question in my mind that to double the progress of this group, we can do it, guys. We really can do this. We can double your progress if we can help you adopt this mindset of done by one. Figure out what are the major priorities of this day and where the major needle moving activities. Now, I always get asked, what's the difference between the two? Brennan, what's the difference between a priority and like a needle moving activity of my life or my business? Okay, let's talk about priorities. Your priority today, let's say, let's see, one of your priorities might be something as simple as, you know what, call my uncle. He's sick. He's sick in the hospital. He's a priority day. I gotta call him. Okay, I'm going to call them by one. That's a priority. Right? A needle moving activity is an activity usually related more towards an output. Like an activity like, okay, something moves the needle forward in your brand or your business. For me, as an example, a podcast episode, as simple as that sounds, might be a needle moving activity. Great. That moves the needle in growing our brand. Cool. Episode done by one. Oh, needle moving activity. That may mean a major email broadcast to my email list. Great. Done by one. Major needle moving activity. Call somebody who you know I'm going to do a business deal with or who's going to be affiliate promotional partner. Call is done by one. Because that was A needle moving activity, right? Something that moves the business or your life forward. Sometimes your priorities, hey, your priorities can be relationships. Your priorities can be handling things for your wife, your husband, your spouse, your partner, the kids. You know, those are priorities for the day they might have. Those are just like, that's a priority. It has to get done today. And this specific day it has to get done. You know, it can't get done tomorrow because it wouldn't be a priority if it was tomorrow. Today it's a priority. Right? Priorities are today. So what must. It's not just a to do list, because lots of things on to do lists. Like I bet you've written to do lists before. And is it true a to do list sometimes for you carries over to tomorrow? Well, that's the difference between a priority and a to do list. Follow, because sometimes you write things on a to do list. It's okay if you add them to it. Three days from now, 10 days from now, 50 days from now. A priority today. Urgent, immediate, necessary. Let's deal with it today.

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