So, the BUSINESS PLAN. The scary monster. Something I’ve been dreading and delaying for months and months. I’ve been looking around, downloading some samples and giving up as I couldn’t quite put my ideas into any sort of structured document.
I told myself that despite everyone saying that you have to have a business plan, I don’t need it. I’ll just go with the flow. (I did realise it was a stupid decision, but I couldn’t help myself).
But completing on our house purchase last week (YAY!) got me thinking about money and whether leaving my job is such a great idea afterall, with all the expenses & bills that are coming in now.
Then I told myself that I’ve decided to do that and that I’ll stick to my plan.
So then the business plan and financial plan and marketing plan issues resurfaced again. And then (today!) I stumbled upon the Right-Brain Business Plan which sounded like fun and I bought the PDF instantly (at $19.99 – about £13 – a steal!). It’s short and sweet and I was able to read it all in just about 10 minutes.
The actual (creative and fun!) work will require more time, of course, but I’m already inspired. As a side effect, it immediately got me thinking about my new office space and how I should arrange it. I started thinking how I can display the business plan on my wall and how I could order some beautiful milestone calendars to keep me focused – and inspired. And, and… My right brain is now flooded with emotions and ideas and all other cool stuff the left brain just can’t cope with.
It is such a relief to realise that you don’t have to have a 40 page boring document with aims and objectives and a scary PLAN. It’s great to know you can be creative in your business plan, too.
So I’m going to be working on my new RBBP over the Christmas holidays and then I’ll share what I’ve come up with. Ooh I’m so looking forward to it!
Are you planning to use Right-Brain Business Plan to come up with your roadmap to success? If so, do share what you come up with – it’d be fun to compare results and share inspiration!
