If you are like me, you want to stay

informed and so you take a ton of

magazines and publications.

 

As a small business coach and business

owner, I need to stay abreast of what

is happening and do this in as little

time as possible.

 

I need to be effective and efficient in

order to apply what I’m learning to

help clients maximize their business

success.

 

Here’s a list of the magazines and

publications I take…

SMALL BUSINESS COACHING

 

Bloomberg Business Week

Fast Company

Wired

Success (love the cds’)

Inc

Fortune

Florida Trend

Time

Men’s Fitness

Smithsonian

National Geographic

Showboats (love boating)

Dupont Registry (love cars)

Conde Neste Traveler (love travel)

Barons (I trade in the market)

 

I also take the NY Times, although

it’s ending this month and I’ll then

subscribe to another paper.

 

I tend to rotate newspapers. Next

will either be the Wall Street Journal

or The Financial Times for a while.

 

ENTREPRENEUR TRAINING

 

And, most of the magazines and

newspapers also come on my ipad,

some on my iphone so I can read

them on the plane or when I’m

down for a short while, like waiting

for a meeting or just relaxing.

 

As your small business coach, I highly

recommend that you take advantage of

the many magazines and newspapers

that provide free access on ipad, iphone,

and android devices for your print

subscriptions.

 

Ok, but how can anyone have

the time to read all of this?

 

I don’t and neither do you.

 

So, how do you get value?

 

Ah, simple. 3 KEYS

 

KEY # 1: FOCUS.

Be 100% clear about

your top focus points.

This gives you purpose

in reading your magazine.

Know your top 3-5 goals

for your business and life.

Look for articles and

information/photos that

relate to your top goals for

this year. Everything else

is your “noise” – it may be

right for someone else by

not you.

 

KEY 2: ONE Article.

Review the cover as this gives

you an immediate glance at

what’s happening and what

you may want to know more

about based on your top

focus points. Use it and

the table of contents to select

ONE article (if you could only

read ONE article, this is that

ONE – READ IT and yes, forget

the rest. Take no more than 3

minutes to flip through the

other pages for a high level

overview.)

 

KEY 3:  EXECUTE. Take

ONE strategy or idea from the

ONE article, the ONE that you

believe will have the biggest

impact on your business

bottom line, and APPLY that

ONE strategy or idea to

your business.

 

Now, pick up one of your

magazines and apply this

approach right now!

 

Next, give the publication to

someone else so they get their

benefit. Throw the publication

away in a recycle bin. The

point is you have finished and

it is now time to move on.

 

Pass this blog along to your

associates and friends so they

can stop wasting hours of time

and starting finding that ONE

IDEA OR STRATEGY and

applying it to their business!

 

Your Small Business Coach,

J V Crum, III, MBA

Founder, Conscious Millionaire Institute, LLC

www.ConsciousMillionaire.com

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