Scott Perry explains how coaches and entrepreneurs should focus on the next smallest viable step: something specific, measurable, and scheduled. Rather than betting on big leaps, he argues that deliberate daily tactics and consistent action compound into real progress.
Making progress in your pursuit of making a better living while you make a bigger difference as a coach requires making decisions and taking action. Of course, it helps to make deliberate decisions, ones that are weighed and considered, and to take action with intention and integrity. It also helps if you acknowledge and accept that decisions are not outcomes and work on the next necessary smallest viable step that gets you closer to your business goal. Dan Nicholson calls this a solvable problem. As with goals—more on this soon—in defining your next smallest viable step, it should be specific, measurable, and scheduled. The point is to take the right, also known as necessary and essential, steps at the right time and in the right order. For instance, deciding on your sales strategy before you define your audience doesn't make much sense, and deciding who your audience is before you have an offer for them is silly. You're running a business, not a social club. Set a goal, establish your strategy, and define a tactic you can execute daily until your goal is reached or the deadline is met. Rinse and repeat. Progress is made through daily deliberate steps into a worthwhile future more often than giant leaps of faith.
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