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SHORT-TERM VISION (THE NEXT 90 DAYS)
My first book is called How to Be Brilliant with a strapline of ‘Change your ways in 90 days’. I love 90-day plans. They are short enough to create a buzz and excitement but long enough to get results.
I once worked with an area office of a well-known international bank. Out of 86 areas in the UK these guys were rated as 86th. I love taking on jobs like that – there is only one way to go! When I met the new area director (who was invited to ‘fix it’) he said that he wanted to ‘turn things around in the coming year’.
‘Let’s go for 90 days’, I suggested. And with a bit of persuasion, we did. Everyone started with their own 90-day plan, broken down into three 30-day projects with 7-day starts, 14-day ...
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