"I’ve got to sit down and write a Policy Manual"
"Maybe it’s time to find a new Facility"
"I’ve got to get rid of all these old containers"

Sound familiar?  Month after month as you drive into the office or just before you fall asleep, a small nagging voice pops into your head with all these"to do" chores.  Month after month and they never seem to get addressed.  Is it just you or is this a very human condition? 

Its Just Human
Truth is that by the time you get to the office and the workday begins there are 17 different fires of varying size waiting to be put out.  A tech calls in sick, a client needs some plants for a Meeting, one by one the hours get filled up and these wish list tasks go on the back burner.

How do you get over this dilemma?  By setting aside one day that you are "out of office".  Put a message on your cell phone and lock your office door and tackle that nagging "gotta do it". 

Prepare 
If the task involves something like developing a Company Manual, start by begging, borrowing, or stealing another interiorscapers Manual to use as a template that is Industry specific.  Then search the web for other more generic templates.  Develop an outline and start by filling in the blanks.  Keep in mind that this is going to be a work in progress and will be rolled out in various stages of development.  Do not hesitate to start using until it is finished, ’cause it never will be.  There will always be additions.

Searching for a new Facility?  Again do your homework.  Start by putting little checks on a map to locate your client base.  Do you see a pattern here? Pinpoint the center of the cluster and draw circles around the widening client locations until the last circle is sparsely populated with checkmarks.  Look at the roads and highways that most strategically address your core groupings.  This is the first place to look for space.  Get average prices for office/warehouse structures and adjust according to budget.  Call a commercial real estate company to help you.  This will save a bunch of time and the rep gets his fee from the landlord so use him.  He’ll call you with property suggestions and yhou and the rep can visit the most likely candidates.

Got to get the Garage, the Warehouse cleaned out?  Think Flea Markets, think Dog Day Sales, think Pitching.  All of these are options to get the space cleared out.  Declare a Company Cleanup Day and go at it.  By Preplanning, you can make a huge hurdle no bigger than an ant hill.  It al about Priorities and, trust me, once the task is off your mind you will feel positively Great. 

Now go out there and get ‘em, Tiger