In Business and in general, let's talk about 'trackers & roadmaps'

Hi there,

Today, I am here to take 2 to 4 minutes of your time on this small piece but would like to put in front of you an important concept based on my experience with it.

I have had the privilege of working on multiple fronts with aggressive and bold commitments and timelines, each front having various stages and sub-stages of commitment level and tasks that need to be handled.

Those who know me also know that I don't get everything on time or I usually get back to people later than they would expect me to be.

The idea here is - I work on my view of personalization. I have certain priorities in my day outlined in advance which I know require my undivided attention and needs to be addressed at that moment.

Working in start-up World for close to 10 years now (yes 10 years WoW!), I can say the one most important thing I have seen entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, heavy-duty founders and top leaders have in common (apart from the known - 'learn to say no' trick) is that they have their own trackers and mind roadmaps for almost everything.

Life gets busy, start-up life is crazy, I am not pointing out to that side. Even in that chaos people still always focus on following certain roadmaps and keeping certain tracers for essential things. That's the core.

"If it's important and it matters to you, you will track its progress and definitely build a roadmap"

and yes, it does solve the purpose, you deviate but you know what was the impact. You get delayed but you know why that happened. And Ultimately?

You reach your destination, smash that goal, and achieve the desired output (in some format at least).

For folks who are reading my newsletter, and have been my dear subscribers all this while - I would encourage you to take this weekend to build your own roadmap for yourselves for this remaining tenure of this amazing year and keep the right tracker in front of you for the things that matter to you. Make a commitment to yourself.

If you need help with how a tracker looks - here's the best format-

• To do item 1 - Priority level (P1/2/3) - Date of action item - next action step
• To do item 2 - - - - -
• To do item 3 - - - - -

You don't need a fancy tracker. You need a to-do that aligns with your progress and road map, you need to define priority (ideally in chronological order) and set a defined next step and date to it.

Follow this for everything. I am at a level where I manage a master tracker for everything including getting my shoes polished. (Yes the geek, IKR!)

See you soon on some next important threads. Also, let me know if you want me to follow up with you on this.

I will come again asking you, did you actually create one roadmap and tracker for yourself or not?