Thursday, October 26, 2006

Already Reaching the End!

With the SEP being an 8 week intensive program, there's so much going on that I haven't had enough time to post to my blog. How awful! How wonderful!

So tonight I'm supposed to be finalizing my draft (yes, that's what I said, and I'm fully aware of the conceptual tangle!) Business Plan - due next week. And that's why I finally returned to my long-neglected blog.

Yes. I'm a procrastinator. It's an awful handicap. And somehow the SEP didn't teach me how to overcome it!

On the other hand, it did teach me some wonderful concepts, skills, techniques, perceptions.
  • How to effectively present myself and my business in 60 seconds or less
  • What my mission and vision are
  • Who my target audiences are
  • How to reach my target audiences
  • How to monitor the financial health of my business
  • How to monitor the operational health of my business, and
  • How to grow my business
It helped me to formalize my systems and operations, to plan my marketing strategy, to choose my service providers, ...

Oh, boy, did I learn a lot. I believe that what I've gained in these past 8 weeks will set me up to learn all I need to know as time goes on, and I'm confident that my business will thrive all the while! And although I will continue to procrastinate until I find a class to teach me how to overcome that particular handicap, at least I'll understand that the business requires certain action at certain opportunities!

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