How To Wring Every Drop Of Blood Out Of Virtually Ideal Business ...

by Coach Gayle Buske

One challenge faced by anyone participating in a high-quality coaching program, like Team Double-Click Coaching, attending a seminar, reading a business or self-improvement book, etc., is how to take the seemingly endless cascade of great information and organize it so it?s useful.

I am a HUGE believer in self-education and coaching.? School is never out for the professional.? And I?m a convert of my own preaching.? As I write this I am part of a business coaching program, I subscribe to several advanced-level direct response marketing newsletters and audio CD programs, many trade journals, and I attend business and marketing conferences every year.? This is on top of the information I research and gather from Strategic Alliance partners who appear on coaching calls and as guest experts in the various publications put out by Team Double-Click Coaching.? And THAT?S on top of all the ideas I get on my own.

That?s a HUGE stream of information!

But do I get overwhelmed?? No.? And one reason is because I have a very simple system for gathering all the ?nuggets? that will make a difference in my business and in YOUR business, and organizing them so I can access the exact strategy or idea at a moment?s notice.

Here?s what I do:

First, whenever I?m doing self-education (reading a newsletter, on a teleseminar, attending a seminar, listening to an audio CD) I always have a 8?11 legal pad handy.? I use post-it tabs to create dividers that separate the pad into topic sections.? On each tab I write the name of each topic.

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??Marketing
??Systems/Administration
??Home Advisor ideas
??Resources
? Quotes/Self improvement

Each time I fill up a notepad, I tear out the pages, punch holes in them, and put them in a 3-ring binder that has divider tabs which correspond to the? post-it tabs.

How to take notes when you?re driving

I?m a huge proponent of listening to marketing and business CD?s while driving.? It turns wasted driving time into learning time, transforming your car into a ?Marketing University on Wheels.?? To make sure I capture all the useful nuggets, I use the voice recorder feature on my phone (you could also keep a small, hand-held digital recorder in your car).? Each time I hear something I want to remember, I press record and take verbal notes.? Sometimes I?ll just let the recorder pick up what?s being said on the CD.? Then once every couple of weeks I sit down with my notepad and write the nuggets into the appropriate section.

Now any time I need ideas on any topic, I can simply flip through my notebook and?Voila!? All organized so I can quickly find what I need.? I?m absolutely, positively never at a loss for marketing ideas, self-improvement, quotes, etc.

You should do the same thing.

Another benefit of going through an active note-taking process is that it helps you internalize the concepts much more quickly than simply listening passively.

Coach Gayle Buske

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