I've just returned from my year-end planning retreat in Chattanooga, TN, and DAMN it was awesome.
This is only my 3rd year doing this and considering I started my freelance journey back in 2009, I discovered this secret WAY too late...
Planning is the secret sauce to having your best year ever (which 2023 was for my businesses).
But here's the kicker – it doesn't have to be a mind-boggling, complex ordeal. A stupidly simple plan that you actually use is worth its weight in gold compared to some over-the-top, convoluted plan that just gathers dust.
Let me share a little secret with you. I tend to be the king of "overcomplication".
I'd plan so intensely that I'd lose sight of the actual execution. But I learned my lesson, and now I'm all about finding that sweet spot in planning – the perfect balance.
As entrepreneurs, if we're just meandering through life without a plan, we're like driftwood caught in someone else's current. We get pulled INTO other people's plans, and that's not where we want to be.
In the world of freelancing, hanging out with that person with the plan often means working for an agency at a fraction of the price they're charging their big-shot clients. You become the outsourced work, not the mastermind behind the project.
That's probably not the dream you're chasing.
So, what's the alternative? We're going to craft our annual plan. This plan is going to be your North Star, your guiding light, pointing you in a direction that's infinitely better than aimlessly drifting along.
We're going to be intentional in our pursuits, not aimless wanderers.
That's the goal here, and it's a goal worth pursuing with all your freelance might.
So, let's create a plan that'll help 2024 be your best year ever, because remember... if you don't have a plan, you'll end up in someone else's plan.
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#252: Choosing The Right Bank For Your Business (And Why Your Bank Probably Sucks) | Back To Basics
#251: LLC vs Sole Proprietor: Which Is Best For Freelancers | Back To Basics
#250: Back To Basics: Avoiding The Common Mistakes of Self-Taught Freelancing
#249: Streamlining Your Freelance Workflow: How Mike Cervantes Manages Thousands of Projects Per Year
#248: Client Acquisition For Mastering Engineers: How To Win, Maintain, And Organize Thousands Of Clients | With Mike Cervantes Of The Foxboro
#247: The 3 Building Blocks of a Fine-Tuned Freelance Business
#246: A Freelancer's Guide to Working Smarter, Not Harder | Cracking the 80/20 Code
#245: Unleash Your Freelance Superpowers: Revolutionize Your Creative Business with the TOTS Playbook Method
#244: Unlock Your Potential: How Defying Conventional Wisdom Leads to Unprecedented Success | With Paco de Leon
#243: From Hourly to $10K: The Package Pricing Strategy That Will Revolutionize Your Freelance Business | With Brandi Mowles
#242: How To Turn Your Website Into A Lead Generation Machine | With Delia Monk
#241: Why Freelancers Need to Stop Believing These Paid Ad Myths ASAP
#240: Robots to the Rescue: How AI Can Help Freelancers Land More Clients
#239: She Used Puppet Shows And Sea Shanties To Grow Her Agency To $500,000 Per MONTH | With Becca Kingsbury
#238: How One Cold Email Resulted In $60,000 Of Referral Work | With Joana Galvão
#237: The Creative Who Cracked The SEO Cheatcode (And Gets 1 Million Website Visitors Per Month) | With Jacob Cass
#236: 5 Sets Of Skills Every Freelancer Should Be Improving | Full Stack Freelancer Pt. 2
#235: Why You DON'T Need To Be A Better Creative in 2023 | Full Stack Freelancer Pt. 1
#234: 9 Lessons I Learned While Building A New 6-Figure Income Stream In 2022
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