Do you have a list of projects you’d like to accomplish for your business, but you just don’t know where to start? Here’s something that I do and I’ve taught my students to do that you may find very helpful. As designers, we’re visual learners, so seeing it laid out makes it easier to understand, digest and implement.
Here’s what you’re going to do…we’re going to create a mindmap. Get a blank sheet of paper and a pen and do a brain dump. Don’t worry about fancy software, a good old fashioned pen to paper process works the best!
1) So let’s say you’re working on a Staging Project, write STAGING PROJECT in the middle of the paper and draw a circle around it.
2) Now I want you to think about all the activities that is involved with a Staging Project and create a spoke for each of those related activities, for example Staging Consultation, Creating a Staging Design Plan, Staging Day, Destage, etc.
3) Then for each category, create sub-categories and break down everything related to that specific aspect of the project. So let’s take Staging Consultations, for instance. You might include a pricing schedule with a sub-category of payment options, vacant properties, owner occupied properties, a written report, and taking before photos.
Do you see where I’m going with this?
4) Now, look at those projects and prioritize them - pick 2-3 that you’re going to work on right away (i.e. the next few days or 1-2 weeks or for larger projects, 1-2 months) and put a star by them. If you have more than 2 or 3 projects on the paper, I want you to focus on the ones that you put a star by and put a pause on the others for now. Once you have the ones with stars on them completed, then you can choose to work on the other projects.
5) If you’re having trouble prioritizing, ask yourself these questions:
b) Which is the lowest cost to implement?
c) Which can be implemented with the greatest ease?
This exercise has helped me with not only organizing my projects, but it was extremely helpful in helping me create v2.0 of the Ultimate Staging Success Blueprint system. By breaking down all the steps, I was able to teach the material in a manner that is easy to understand and can literally be implemented step-by-step.
Try it and see what happens… I bet you’ll get hooked!
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