B3
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by ggunn in Blog
What is B3? It is something that I write on my Daily Task List. Yes, I keep a Daily Task List on a standard 8 ½ by 11 lined note pad. Of course I also have a blackberry and I only make a meeting if it is in my outlook calendar, but somehow I need to have that physical handwritten task list to keep myself focused and also for the satisfaction of crossing off each completed task. But back to B3 and what it stands for:
B3 stands for Build Better Business. It comes out of lessons I have taken away from conversations I have either had with or heard from Tory Johnson on her many calls supporting her Spark and Hustle conferences (which I highly recommend to anyone who could use direction in their business or with a business idea that keeps them awake at night. Check out http://sparkandhustle.com/ to learn more.)
Tory talks about how she asks herself the following questions every day: What can she do today to make her business better? And what can she do today that will build on what she was doing to drive her business yesterday. In subsequent conversations, she and I have also talked about spending time each day focusing on proactive activities as opposed to only attending to reactive activities. Therefore, B3 is my shorthand way to stay focused on these three pivotal activities that are vital to the success of MGD Services. This little symbol helps keep me focused when I feel my energies ebbing and need to refocus on whatever business is at hand.
I speak of Tory because she and her amazing team are the coaching experts with whom I’ve recently been working. I attended the Spark and Hustle Retreat in Dallas which is why I recommend this to others. Many great lessons came out of the experience and a fantastic new MGD Services Initiative that I’ll discuss shortly. I have learned valuable business and life lessons from other inspirational individuals: Zig Ziglar, Jack Canfield, Sandler Trainers, Deepak Chopra, Ministers, and Rabbis. If there’s someone out there with a lesson that resonates with me, I enjoy listening and usually find some way to incorporate that lesson to better my business or myself. Is this all I do with my time? Of course not, but I have found that seeking out the support and ideas of reputable leaders in areas of importance to me helps spark my creative and entrepreneurial juices and keeps me inspired in my life and my work. Hold on to this thought – it will all tie together shortly but first, back to B3.
So what do we do for that last ‘B’? That proactive piece is the hardest to fit in when so much always needs to be done. We will always be working on this one but at the moment we are focusing on Wired for Hire, which is our way of giving something back for free to both employers and those seeking employment. Wired for Hired is one of the many great outcomes of the Spark and Hustle Retreat for MGD Services. It is our local program which is part of a national initiative – you guessed it, driven by Tory Johnson.
I have been talking about Wired for Hire for weeks now and we are finally ready to kick off our first Wired for Hire Career Alliance program in Flemington New Jersey. This is a 10 week program in which I will be working closely with a small group of individuals with diverse business experience and who are either out of work or looking for a new career opportunity. We are still accepting applications for 10 more individuals with diverse business backgrounds that are hungry for support with their job search. (Interested? Go to http://mgdservices.com/career-center/candidate-services/ to apply online.) Just as I find benefit from coaching sessions with various inspirational individuals, I believe that Wired for Hire will provide benefit to the members both from the lessons we will provide but from the support of other Wired for Hire members.
Clearly this caters to the employee side of our client business. But it also caters to our employer clients as well. And here’s how: any of the employers that we work with AND any that we have never worked with before are encouraged to contact me at ggunn@mgdservices.com to learn if any of the Wired for Hire Career seekers fit any of their current open positions. I hope you will join me on this wonderful new initiative to get America back to work!
