| Just like there are reverse dictionaries,
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| | my D-day back to Day 1 is always 3 weeks,
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| there is a reason to create a count down
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| | so I have created a regular calendar for
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| calendar. A count down calendar starts
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| | these. In fact, I use green color paper
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| with Franklin Covey's philosophy, "start
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| | to print out the calendar.
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| with the end in mind."
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| | If you don't want to create your own,
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| The biggest advantage to a countdown
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| | visit your local office supply store,
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| calendar is that it makes you think and
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| | they have countdown calendars available
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| focus harder as well as makes the
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| | for purchase (blank planning books).
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| planning easier.
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| | A third way to complete a countdown
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| First, you write down the exact results
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| | calendar would be to complete it in a
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| you want or expect. Let's say you have a
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| | linear form.
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| teleclass, seminar, speaking engagement
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| you are delivering on X date. This
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| | Day 21: Speaking event results I desire
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| becomes your D-day -- sort of speaking.
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| | -- describe those results.
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| It may be end of the event planning,
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| however, it can also be the beginning of
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| | Day 20: Get handouts printed at Kinko's.
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| your follow-up plan. For simplicity
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| sake, let us stop at the D-day point.
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| | Day 19: Write and send out reminder
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| | e-mail to organizer.
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| Now you can prepare a count down calendar
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| in several ways. One way would be to use
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| | To Day 1: Today.
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| a calendar with the days of the month
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| filled in. You mark down the D-day and
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| | Again, if you have a reoccurring
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| then you back track from there to today.
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| | countdown, like teleclasses, you can
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| | create a linear countdown calendar like
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| Count down the days until __________.
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| | the one above. Eventually you will see a
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| Number of marketing days to go until
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| | consistent pattern of to-dos.
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| __________.
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| | At that point, don't stop doing this with
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| Example: Count down days until seminar.
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| | the thinking you have it down pat and you
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| 20 marketing days to go until seminar.
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| | don't need to. This will jump up and
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| | bite you in the assets fairly quickly by
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| Any doesn't matter which calendar method
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| | bogging down your mind and making you
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| you use, you will need to write down your
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| | wonder if you are missing something. If
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| measurements or your mini-results that
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| | that occurs, jump back into the habit, it
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| will deliver the end results you want. I
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| | is a great one to have. Even if it is
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| use the pivoting question, "What is it
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| | frustrating because it takes thinking
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| going to take to..." to get my thinking
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| | time.
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| moving in the right direction. I like to
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| think through and write these on the back
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| | Once you have your count down calendar
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| of my calendars. This gives me a bird's
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| | completed then you can enter it into your
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| eye view for that particular commitment
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| | automatic reminder calendar, like Outlook
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| that my software does not provide.
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| | or Act. This will track all your
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| | deadlines, goals, and projects. You will
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| Another way would be to use a blank form
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| | have a separate count down calendar for
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| like this with the appropriate number of
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| | each one.Catherine Franz, a Certified
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| days in between. Then cross out the days
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| | Professional Marketing & Writing Coach,
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| that you will do any marketing -- say
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| | specializes in product development,
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| Sundays or days filled with other
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| | Internet writing and marketing,
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| requirements. For my teleclass programs,
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| | nonfiction, training.
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