Counting/the collection habit.

by chris on October 21, 2007

So with the last thing I said (see where your limits are), that’s what this is about.   I’ve listed–for the most part–the stuff I want to check off, the things I want to check in, so the thing left to do is to grab the stuff i want to count.

Then, by tomorrow, it’s gotta become part of a spreadsheet.   I’ve thought about the orientation–and if Google will accomodate what I want to do, the simplest tool is the best.

There are dimensions I want to count:

Daily/Weekly Goals:  Basically how many/how much of X do I want to do per day?   If I’m collecting numbers, what am I collecting against? I.E.  I wanna make another $75k this year, and work less than 30 hours per week (at the bread and butter gig).   There are 2.4 months left, I need to earn 31k/month to make it happen….and there are about 53 planned working days…so $1415/day.

The goals are the STANDARD I WILL REACH.  How much/how many/how soon.  The rest of the data is what I’ve actually done.

Most of what I am measuring (sans “spirituality/being a nice person”) is redialy–and easily quantifiable.   Calls made.  Closings generated.  Money made.  Contacts in ACT, etc.

The categories I’ll be tracking then (I’ll post the $$ in a few minutes)

Physical/Mental

  • Cardio minutes
  • Intense cardio minutes (no half assing anymore)
  • Calories Consumed (goal: under 1700 until I weigh what I want to) (food planned)
  • Net Calories
  • Pages Read
  • Posts Written

Business:

  • Calls Made
  • Contacts made (Categorized)
    • Past Clients/Sphere
    • Realtors
      • New
      • Existing
    • Business Professionals
    • Recruiting
    • Bankers for Turndowns
    • New Consumers
  • Prequals
  • Full Applications
  • Submissions
  • Approvals
  • Closings
  •  Revenue Generated
  • Volume Generated
  •  Emails Sent
  • Deals Killed
  • Net Aps. 

The weaknesses of our program: Without A “pipeline” it is somewhat incomplete.  I want to be speedy, and I want to know…from open-to-close, how fast I am.    It tracks what and when, but not throughput.  Still–it’s vastly improved from the  “guessing” that I’ve been using, and once Google Gears is up and running right for something other than reader, the program will be better.

It doesn’t track “to dos,” either, but I’m guessing if the numbers are logged, then everything will be done more-or-less OK.

(From this platform, I intend to do a little more, but for now, this is a good test.)

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