FOCUS is what happens right next to acceptance and it is a very linear concept. You like your job but you really believe it makes more sense to be your employer"s competition. You are wondering why you spend hours making sure that she buys a second luxury car. Beware that your supervisor probably knows of your intention because you are the type of employee who believes that your relationships with your colleagues is the second most important relationship after family. So during the employee quality assuarance reveiw, when your supervisor asks where you see yourself in the next five years, the most accurate reply is your position Madam. It is not a bad thing to have goals to be a business owner and MBS makes it possible by providing relevant knowledge on this platform. The most unqiue aspect about this masters with MBS is that you have the support of other students, many of whom appear to be experts in the field of digital marketing and entrepreneurship. They say that taking calculated risks and starting your own venture is as scary as you are saying no to a stable paycheck. Be prepared for productive months and slow months. This EB and FLOW is very normal for startups and contrary to acceptance it is not a linear concept. Nonetheless, when an expert reaches out to you on this platform embrace the expertise but do not loose sight of the fact that you now have access to an accredited school with the support and credentials to make entrepreneuurship real for you.

Strategic planning involves a list of identified goals that a company says that it is going to implement in a specific time frame. The very first STRATEGIC PLAN that a business has.... is ideally done by the board of directors of the company right before they launch a new business. Max Scott likes to start the week with a Monday Motivation. He emphasizes that your goals need to be actioned on weekly and we as students need to do our best to show up daily. Strategic Planning goals need to be SMART & and should also undergo a SWOT analysis. SMART Goals is when a group of executives outline business goals that are : 1) Specific. The goals are very tangible and well outlined as opposed to being a vague and an ambiguous list of things that a business wants to achieve. 2) Measurable. The goals also need to be those that can be accounted for...so, when we say, Staff will be hired this month then it actually happens. Subsequently, all that is measured gets done, no excuses. 3) Achievable. Whether big or small the goals need to be those that can be achieved. Things that can be easily done whether big or small. For example, I will talk to a company executive to start the hiring process of recruiting new people. 4) Realistic. Goals that are no out there, "pie in the sky" so to speak, but goals that can be realistically done by appointing a set of executives to execute effectively. For exampl,e I will send an email to the Head of HR to hire new employees. 5) Time Bound. Goals that a time bound, are goals can be reached because you have introduced the accountability aspect of working with a timeline. For example, we shall hire a team of marketing executives and this will happen within one week. A SWOT analysis on the other end of the spectrum, is when you look at your SMART goals and you asess the following : } Strengths } Weakness } Opportunities } Threats Ideally if the business is new, then a Strategic Planning meeting should happen quartely to enure that all goals are implemented and nothing is holding you hostage from making progress.

It’s Monday → time to set your goals. Step 1: Comment your goal for this week. - Make it simple. - Make it something you can control. - Big or small doesn’t matter → hitting it matters. Step 2: Do. The. Work. - Take the first step today. Step 3: Claim your win next Monday. - Start your comment with “I hit my goal” and share what worked Note: we will be changing the newsletter flow this week ,with a new 'challenge' newsletter coming to you on Friday. Drop your goal below 👇 and let’s win together this week.