Year of Intention: 2021 Week Two · 2020. 12. 7. · •Resources: Blogs, Web Sites, Newsletters,...

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Year of Intention: 2021

Week Two

Karl W. Palachuk

www.smallbizthoughts.org

“Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.”

— Bertrand Russell

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Housekeeping

• Unmute Speakers

• Questions Panel (not chat)

o No Questions on phone

• Yes, it’s being recorded. ☺

• “The Page” = https://www.smallbizthoughts.org/member_content/2021-year-of-intention-workbook-and-class

o Go to Training / Classes

• Zoom link = The same every week (same as how you got here)


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Notes:

• Each presentation starts promptly at the top of the hour

• 50 minutes each

• Same Zoom link for all presentations

• If you need anything: email [email protected]


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The Plan of the Course

Week One

• Welcome to 2021

• Report on 2020

• Company Goals 2021

• Conference Goals 2021

• Conference/Event Evaluation

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Week Two

• Webinar Goals 2021

• Monthly Tune-Ups

• Resources: Books to Add to Your List

• Resources: Blogs, Web Sites, Newsletters, etc.

• Resources: Classes to Attend

Week Three

• Embrace Outsourcing in 2021 and Beyond

• Business Cards at Conferences

• Monthly Kick in the Butt

• Notes for 2022

• Priming Your Brain


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Today’s Agenda

• Welcome to 2021

• Report on 2020

• Company Goals 2021

• Conference Goals 2021

• Conference/Event Evaluation

Workbook pages 53-87


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Reminders . . .

• You don’t have to do all of this – but please do some!

• I’m happy to keep working on this with you all year

• Group in Community: https://www.smallbizthoughts.org/groups/year-of-intention-2021/

• Questions?

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https://www.smallbizthoughts.org/groups/year-of-intention-2021/


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A Note about Goals

Imagine your ultimate goals

o What do you need to get there?

o Work backwards

o Money might be some piece of that, but it’s not all

o What resources do you need?

Karl – ten years ago:

o I want to write more,

o I want to speak more,

o I want to travel more.

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Webinar Goals 2021 (p. 53)

• There is no such thing as multi-tasking !!!

• Either pay attention or don’t do it!

• Acting with intention:

o If a webinar has no effect on your behavior, then it has no value.

1. Why are you attending?

2. Attend with intention

3. Evaluate the webinar

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Questions / Comments / Discussion

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Monthly Tune-Ups (p. 58)

• Pick one task per month

• Improve at little bit here, a little bit there

• Schedule these . . . Even into 2022

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• Update Hardware/Software/Service Sales Cards

• Fine-tune the ticketing system

• Deep Issue Massage of service board

• Tune up the RMM

• Evaluate AV and Malware solutions

• Evaluate your SOC

• Evaluate your BDR

• Evaluate your Cloud Service distributor

• Backup all client documentation

• Backup all internal documentation

• Evaluate your distributors

• Tweak your business model

• Evaluate emerging technologies

• Refresh your web site

• Quarterly marketing goals

• Quarterly advertising goals

• . . . And write your own . . .


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Classes to Attend 2021 (p. 86)

• Very similar to webinars!

o Slighter bigger goals/intention

• Acting with intention:

o How does this fit with other training?

o What’s your budget?

1. Why are you attending?

2. Attend with intention

3. Evaluate the class “take home” knowledge

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Books and Resources (p. 72-85)

• Consume knowledge!

• Paper

• Kindle / e-reader

• Audio

• How do YOU like to consume information?

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Next Week . . . pp. 88-116

• Embrace Outsourcing in 2021 and Beyond

• Business Cards at Conferences

• Monthly Kick in the Butt

• Notes for 2022

• Priming Your Brain

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