While drinking my umpteenth cup of coffee (Mondays always require a bit more caffeine) and looking at my schedule for the rest of the month, I realized I hadn’t posted a blog or created my plan for 2010! If my blog was a goldfish, it would be belly up and floating by now.

I am here writing again, and what comes to mind is that this is a new year full of potential and possibilities and I haven’t created my plan. (I am creating it today!)

Without a plan, I find that life can be like a speedboat with no steering wheel and before we know the year is over. Then we are surprised when the year is over, so we declare that the new year is going to be different (ie. New Year’s resolutions). We all know what usually happens with those resolutions. We have the best intentions, hence the enrollment at gyms goes way up. Then life gets in the way and all the great ideas and intentions go out the window. This happens in business too!

Here is the secret. Without a plan and action, a great idea is just that, a great idea.

What are your plans/goals for 2010? Do you have written it down in place that you can reference easily? How often are you going to look at your plan? By when are those goals going to be realized? What are the actions you are going to take to have those goals realized? Who is going to hold you accountable for taking these actions?

Grab the keys, your map (ie. plan) and drive your own boat!