Wake up every morning with Passion and Purpose

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THE QUANTUM COMPASS- ARTSHINE TM

OPIC SYSTEM

In any business there are always systems in place... Systems for making sales. Systems to communicate. Systems manage day to day tasks.

Have a look around. We’re surrounded by systems.

Traffic lights for example are a system of control using red, amber, and green lights to manage traffic.

One of the key systems we’re very focused on here at Quantum Compass is your Daily Activity Planner.

Imagine how much you’ll achieve when you get out of bed every morning already knowing what your purpose is, and what the focus of your day will be.

Imagine how your business income will change, and how much more freedom you’ll have to design and create when you're clear about what needs to be achieved.

In the Quantum Compass ArtSHINE program we encourage our clients to focus on these three key areas:

1. Working on your design practice:

“Promoting” you and your design practice. Invest your time to increase your presence and building your brand. Consider things like your marketing, networking, updating your website, and regularly posting new blogs. Find the opportunities to grow your design practice.

2. Working in your design practice:

“Creating” and producing in your design practice. Working in your practice you’re focusing on the routine day to day tasks like production, designing your new ranges, selling and following up with customers & suppliers.This is the work that never stops. And by only focusing on this type of activity your business income will never move forward in the ways that you want and deserve.

3. Working above your design practice:

“Renewing” yourself and refreshing your design practice. It’s critical for your long term success that you plan ahead and ensure that you’ve always time for the important things in life; family, friends, relationships, and the one most of us forget... ourselves. Spend some time every day planning ahead and focusing on your desires and dreams. This is where you focus on the process of creating your business lifestyle exactly as you want it to be.

Think about how you allocate time for each of these key areas and how you set up systems for both action and review.

Once you have some time allocated then the next step is to plan your activities into Quarterly, Monthly, Weekly and Daily tasks.

Remember that by breaking down your goals into small chunks your Desire, Passion, and Purpose will be easier to achieve.

Then you will wake up each day knowing exactly you need to focus on each day.

Are you ready to take the next steps in creating the business lifestyle & design practice of your dreams? It’s as simple as 1... 2... 3...

1. Like  ArtSHINE's Facebook page

   

2. Send an e-mail to this Quantum Compass address: DailyActivityPlanner@QuantumCompass.com.au and receive a free e-book that teaches you the steps to creating the systems you need to succeed.

3. Contact Vinh for a no cost, no obligation coaching session: http://www.quantumcompass.com.au/free-coaching.php

Setting your goals for 2010

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"Make Tomorrow Today" TM

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed

is more important than any other one thing.”

                                                                         - Abraham Lincoln

With the start of this new year at the end of the first decade of the century, now’s probably the best time to be thinking seriously about where you are on your journey, and to re-assess where you want to be.

This is our quick guide to setting some goals for yourself. Detailed goals that are realistic and achievable. Goals that, while specific and measured, are still exciting and inspirational.

Here at Quantum Compass we work with our clients on what we call the “OPIC” system.

OPIC stands for:  Objective, Planning, Implementation, Commitment

Now let’s look at each point starting with your objectives...

Think about what you want to achieve, what area you want to focus on. There are all sorts of things that you could focus on; personal goals, or business goals. 

Get very specific with your objectives. Be very clear on what it is that you want. Visualise what is is that you’re aiming for. And remember to write you goals in the present tense as if you have already achieve it too.

The next step in this process is the planning step.

Think about all the steps you need to take to make your goals a reality. Again, it’s about being specific. What resources will you need, and how will you best use them?

Write each action step in sequential order.

If your goal is broad, make sure you break down the task into small little steps.

Implementation.This section where you can plan to delegate too. Look at your objectives and your plans. As you roll out those plans and start taking action, think about what you could be delegating to others to be doing for you.

It’s in this step that there’s a real opportunity to create new ways of doing. To create new systems.

Remember to always have measurable validation points at this stage. 

“Setting goals is not the main thing.

It's deciding how you'll go about achieving them and staying with that plan.”

- Tom Landry.

Finally, without commitment nothing will really happen. You can write as many goals as you like. You can have all the action plans, and have all the measurable validation points as you like. But you’ll never succeed in your goals without committment.

Commitment is about firming your mind and launching yourself towards your goals with no hesitation or fear. It’s about making the decision that nothing will stop you or hold you back. It’s about deciding that every road-block or obstacle in your path is merely another step towards your objective.

With a commitment from your heart, together with your dedicated actions towards your objectives you’ll find your dreams, your passion, and your purpose.

Want to learn more about goals and action planing the Quantum Compass way? 

It’s as simple as 1... 2... 3...

1: Like  ArtSHINE's Facebook page

2: Come along to the next “Goal Setting” workshop. E-mail Quantum Compass (insert link: GoalSetting@QuantumCompass.com.au ) for details of the next half day session near you.

3: Contact Vinh for a no cost, no obligation coaching session. www.quantumcompass.com.au/free-coaching.php

Goal Setting

“It's your Passion that drives your purpose to achieve your goals”-Vinh Van Lam


There are some basic principals of goal setting:

1. It’s critical that you own your goals and ensure that they have real and genuine meaning for you.

2. It’s critical that your goals written down and put on paper. Think about how you can make

them visible so you can see them every day. That way they’ll always be

3. Write your goals in present tense as if you’ve already attained them.

4.Use positive language. Frame things in ways like… “I will…” I do…” rather than “I don’t…”

“Iwon’t…”

5. It’s important that your goals is D.A.R.E.S:

a. Detailed

b. Achievable

c. Realistic

d. Exciting

e. Specific

6. It’s critical that your goals be measurable and that you establish clear milestones for their

achievement.

Identify your Short , Middle and Long term goals

* STG: Goals that are reachable in a short time in a day, week or within month.

* MTG: Goals that fall in the middle like 6 to 12 months

* LTG: Goals that you have no clues how to get there and they will challenge you. You also feel the fear because they are out of your comfort zone .

· Break down the activities and tasks into small chunks, more achievable action steps.

· Commit a date when you want it to complete

7. Delegate or appoint yourself or some one else to do the task.

8. Validate your tasks and make sure the task is actioned at a specific time frame. e.g. by Wed 15 April

9. Review you goals regular and record you learning from the goals.

At Quantum Compass we’ve been working with clients on what we call the OPIC planner:

OPIC stands for: Objective

Planning

Implementation

Commitment

To learn more about OPIC goal planner please email to:


OPICtool@quantumcompass.com.au