The Secret to 2026 Success? Start Your Biz Plan Now

Buckle up!  It's that time of year where we set up your 2026 Strategic Plan and Biz Plan update. When you give yourself time to plan ahead,  you have the added advantage to easily  block your "annual calendar" and to block and reserve key  dates to execute specific events and timelines.  When reviewing your previous year’s business plan, you allow yourself to study what worked last year, to review, monitor and measure what worked last year and what needs tweaking for better results for the upcoming year. To make this less daunting, lets break it down into a weekly action  to plug into your My Perfect (Planned) Week and your annual calendar blocking dates and times for quarterly  events  and planning  backwards from December 2026 to present day Start now! The most successful agents don’t wait until January to plan, they launch into the new year already clear on their goals, systems, and mindset. Pull out your 2025 Business plan as a guideline to help you to revamp it for  2026.  By guiding you through the Business Plan Workbook in October, you get yourself ready to hit the ground running when January 1 2026 arrives. To make it easy, here is a LINK TO FULL BIZ PLAN:  Business Plan Workbook Now let's break it down so you skip the overwhelm- By focusing on your biz planning a week at a time, you are more likely to get it done! Week 1: In week one, maybe on a Sunday afternoon, take the time to Identify and Record Your Vision & Core Values- You need these to set new boundaries for personal and professional goals and objectives  Week 2: SWOT & Strategy- When we reexamine your strengths and identify your less than strong areas, we can decide to get a solution to the less strong and work better with your strong side- Delegation to handle our  less strong competencies actually saves money and energy!    Week 3: Marketing & Income Goals- Be specific about any actions like farming, or focusing on special verticals of consumers (Military, Foreclosures, Property Types, etc) but think about how it will appear as a MEASURABLE return on your investment, how you will MONITOR the results every month, where you have blocked the time in your calendar, your My Perfect Week to keep it top of mind.  AND lastly... THINK BIGGER than last year -  Week 4: Action Plans & Accountability- This area will help you to develop the plan and block the dates to keep you focused and on track!   Connecting with your Top50-MVP's is guaranteed to increase your bottom line, but let's think more about the same actions for each of your 4 Pillars of Income - Easy to do when we use our Top50 Tracker!  Link to 86-50-1 The Ultimate Marketing Handbook: 86-50-1 eBook Some tips to consider:  To best set the tone for introspection here are some grounding questions to connect your personal and professional objectives as we head into the end of another year:  What have you learned this year that will help you finish strong? How has what you've learned from your success or failures this year that will help you to redesign your upcoming days/weeks/months/year/life to get the life you reach for? - Remember....No change?  then you get NO CHANGE!  What actions, programs, tools or systems have you been using, or paid for and not been using that need to be reviewed to either let them go, delegate out or dump all together if they did not return the investment of your time or money?  Tip here is to examine Lead CONVERSION not just lead generation - Cost of lead conversions - The CRM programs you aren't using or not using partial options but paying for. Check your statements for automated charges that drain your income that don't produce real dollars-  What do you need or want the most — mentally, emotionally, professionally — over the next few months? Do include date nights, family nights, educational events, vacations, quiet days to catch up etc.  How will you know you've been as successful as you could be by this time next year? How will you celebrate those wins with your family or friends?  Plan something fun!  This isn't about a business plan - and not just about transactions, it’s about alignment, energy, and fulfillment exactly to have your life  YOUR WAY! For the free, no obligation forms and templates- email me: Terri@TerriMurphy.com Let's do this!    Bio: Terri Murphy is an Exec Master Coach, TedTalk® speaker, and the author of 5 books, She is the founder of Terri Murphy Communications, and the Sr. Editor for RealtyTimesNews, RealtyTimesNewsTV and TheDataAdvocate.com Contact:  Terri@TerriMurphy.com