For Season 8 of the podcast, I'm focusing on one of my greatest passions: business!  

I've had my own business since 2012 and entrepreneurship is a pursuit I devote a tonne of time, energy and focus to - whether it's growing my own business, or mentoring others in theirs. In this season, I'm taking you behind the scenes in my business - as well as interviewing business owners I respect enormously.

Effective business planning is one of the earliest lessons I had when I started my first business eight years ago, and making the time to create a solid annual plan, and devoting time each quarter to designing my quarterly plan, has been something I’ve been religious about over those years.

After a LOT of “yes pleases” on my Instagram this week, I recorded this episode: a step-by-step guide to how I do my own business planning. It was a super fun one to do as I recorded it in my hotel room while still in the zone of my own planning getaway in Bondi!

I share:

• Why business planning is so important, and the pitfalls it keeps me out of
• How to set the scene for a kickass planning session
• Why I believe we need both a “feminine” and “masculine” approach to planning
• The realisation I had at the beach in Bondi that became the launch pad (and blueprint) for my entire planning day
• Why - and how! - our businesses should serve our overall lives… and not the other way around
• The four horizons of planning and how they layer onto each other
• What to do when you don’t know where to start with setting financial targets
• The trick my kinesiologist Jacqui taught me to always stay open to more financial abundance
• My Business Pyramid model, and why I believe every business needs one
• A sneak peek at my own Business Pyramid
• How to translate our grand plans into daily actions 
• The hack I use to kickstart my planning, and how I’m putting it into action this week

The resources I mention in this episode:

• You can access the Five Year Vision and Quarterly Plan templates on the Resources page of my website: https://lorrainemurphy.com.au/resources/
• My kinesiologist is Jacqui Prydie: https://jacquiprydie.com/
• The sprays I mention are from Resonate Essences: resonateessences.com
• The two Verne Harnish books I mention are Mastering The Rockefeller Habits and Scaling Up

And finally, if you’d like to explore diving deeper into business mentoring with me:

• Register your name here to be first to hear about 2021 business accelerators: lorrainemurphy.com.au/business-accelerators-roi/ 
• Find out about my Power Quarter Mentoring here: lorrainemurphy.com.au/work-with-me/mentoring/

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