How About a Helicopter Ride?
(guest blogger, Trish Carr — my amazing Sister!)
“What?!!? Are you crazy? I don’t have time to take off and get in a helicopter. I’ve got work to do!” I’m here to say my friends that taking the time to get in your helicopter for a 360 view of your business is exactly what you need to ensure that you’re headed in the right direction. In fact, it is the most important activity that all enduring and successful businesses do … they take the time to consistently review, revise and redirect their actions toward their goals and that is how they hit their targets time after time. 
Throughout my career I’ve been fortunate to have been a part of many economically strong and profitable businesses and I’ve learned a lot along the way. Yesterday was my designated “helicopter” day. As I was reflecting on the last few months, reviewing my goals, checking my progress and revising my path, I realized that this was the same process I learned while working with several Fortune 500 companies and that one of the main reasons they are Fortune 500 companies is due to their discipline of regularly getting in the helicopter! The good news is that helicopter rides aren’t only for Fortune 500 companies! All successful businesses, whether a thriving Mom & Pop Shop, brick and mortar, online marketer, speakers, coaches and network marketing superstars, know that to have long term success they must regularly get in their helicopters. They know that in order to grow, to make a profit and to continue to be the best they can be, that they must take a ‘helicopter view’ of their businesses.
I’m sure from reading this article you’re now ready to get in your helicopter which leads to the next crucial considerations …
a) Do you have a qualified helicopter pilot?
b) Do you have a world class navigator on board?
You can well imagine the outcome if you chose to fly the helicopter on your own without the benefit of the expertise of qualified professionals.
Every successful business owner not only makes the time and the commitment to take consistent helicopter rides, they engage, interact and mastermind with qualified professionals and advisors.
We are halfway through the first quarter of 2012. I know that you started the year with excitement and enthusiasm and I invite you now to build your excitement! Schedule your helicopter ride now! Set aside a day to meet with your mastermind group, business coach or other advisors and take a ride in your helicopter! Step back and raise yourself above the noise, the fray, the day-to-day of doing business and simply look at where you are, where you’re going and adjust accordingly.
You know they say, “You can’t see the forest for the trees,” and nothing is truer when you’re mired in your day-to-day operations and your quest for profits. Successful people take the time to set plans, put them in motion and regularly measure success. When you get out of the day-to-day and into your “helicopter,” you can clearly see the path, gauge your progress, confirm that you’re still on the right road heading toward the same intended destination. You can only see that by stopping and taking the “helicopter view.”
To take a helicopter view of your business and your life, join us on Saturday, March 3rd for WPN’s “Strategic Planning & Implementation Workshop” in Boynton Beach…. Details and Registration at http://wpninstitute.com/actionday and you’re going to be thrilled to see the World Class Team of Experts we’ve lined up to help you fly!







