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The Personal Business Plan
A Blueprint for Running Your Life
Stephen Bruyant-Langer (Author)
9781118744130, Wiley
Hardback, published 20 September 2013
240 pages
24.6 x 17.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.567 kg
"Whether looking at how to approach developing new competencies, what factors differentiate you from those around you or how to realise your true brand value, there is plenty to be gleaned from the pages of this guide." (Elite Business, August 2013)
Plan for success No one would embark on a business venture without a thorough and coherent plan. So why are so many of us happy to stagger through life with no real plan – just going with the flow, seeing what happens? It’s time we gave our lives the same importance we give to our business exploits. The Personal Business Plan offers a practical, field-tested method for effectively planning out what you want from life and exactly how to achieve it. It will change the way you look at yourself, your job and your career. This is an essential toolkit for all ambitious career professionals who want to know how to thrive in their job and simultaneously become a happier and more effective person. Creating your own personal business plan will help you to define your purpose, plan your actions, break through limiting beliefs and reinvent yourself.
List of Figures and Tables in The Personal Business Plan vi Introduction: What Can I Use The Personal Business Plan For? vii What Was Your Question? xi How Is This Book Structured? xiii What Do You Do? xix 1 What is My Situation? 1 What Baggage from the Past Must I Let Go Of? 7 What is Meaningful to Me Right Now? 8 How Can I Move Forward? 10 2 How Can I Thrive? 13 What Do I Like Doing? 21 What Don’t I Like Doing? 23 How Can I Learn to Trust My Intuition? 25 3 When Do I Perform at My Best? 29 What Does Success Look Like to Me? 34 What is My Deep Down Motivation? 38 What is My Worst-Case Scenario? 41 4 What Energizes Me? 45 What are My Strengths? 48 What are My Weaknesses? 57 What is My Passion? 61 5 Where am I on My Personal Journey? 67 Where am I in My Life? 68 What are My Personal Priorities? 74 What is My Potential for Personal Growth? 74 6 How Do I Become Happy? 79 What is My Challenge? 87 Why Must I Do Something Now? 91 How Can I Obtain 20/20 Vision? 96 7 How Do I Reinvent Myself? 101 What am I Willing to Sacrifice? 107 Who Can I Turn to for Help? 109 What is My Life Ambition? 111 8 How Do I Differentiate Myself from Others? 125 What am I Better at than Anybody Else? 129 What Else Differentiates Me from the Rest? 133 How Good Do I Want to Be? 135 9 What is My Personal Business Plan? 141 How Can I Reinvent Myself in Order to Remain Relevant? 143 What is My BATNA? 146 Am I Happy Now? 148 10 What Have I Learned? 153 What is My Time Horizon? 156 How Far Can I Go? 157 What Would I Attempt to Do if I Knew I Could Not Fail? 158 Epilogue: What Now? 165 Your Personal Business Plan Toolkit 171 Notes 189 Top 10 Recommended Reading 197 Bibliography 199 About the Author 205 Index 207
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
