More than pictures

There are lots of other things you can put on your board too. Here are just a few:

  • Write a cheque to yourself, dated five years from now. This is your pay cheque. How much will you be earning?
  • Write some letters that you might receive in five years. Who will they be from? A member of staff at your company? An investor? A customer? The prime minister? A business hero of yours? Someone you or your business has helped through your work?
  • Perhaps there will be some magazine or newspaper articles about you in five years? What will they say? If you don’t have time to write a mock-up of these, just cut out a suitable real article and change the names!
  • Photocopy your bank statement. Change the date, and change the balances! How good ...

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