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What is your MAP for success?

By Marc Beauchamp a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it." What he
Bankcard Life is saying is that no matter how much you want to undo
the past, it's over, done with, and you are powerless to
love the start of a new year; it gives us a chance change it.
to begin again with a clean slate. We are still deal-
ing with a lot of unknowns around COVID-19, the It is now time for action. The difference in the results that
I economy and the future regulatory environment. I people produce in their lives comes down to what they
say, so what? When haven't there been unknowns in busi- have done differently from others in similar situations.
ness and life? Most of these things are out of our control. Quite simply, different actions produce different results.
My advice is to stay focused on what you can control. If you're not getting the results you want, you may not be
taking the correct actions necessary to achieve the desired
In my last article I addressed important questions to help outcome.
bring clarity to two areas: what we accomplished in 2020
and what our vision is for the new year. Most ISOs and merchant level salespeople (MLSs) want
similar things from this industry: big commission checks,
I hope you were able to attend my free workshop, huge residual streams, a steady flow of referrals, financial
Creating Your Blueprint for 2021. If not, join my Bankcard independence and control over their own destiny. But
Life Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/Bankcardlife how many people create a plan to move their dreams to
to access the replay and handouts. There is no charge to reality?
become a group member for 2021. Build a MAP

We went deep in this workshop and created impossible Consider this: If you were about to take a family vacation
targets around the domains of body (health), being to Disney World would you just pack up the family, jump
(spiritual life), balance (relationships) and business. We in the car and take off? I don't think so. Most reasonable
gained awareness of the gaps in our lives and committed people would make a plan. The planning might include
to closing those gaps in 2021. And from that place of
commitment, we were able to create a strategy around our
first 90-day sprint of the year.

Set your 2021 targets Remember, there is no such thing
as failure, but there are results.
If you haven't set targets for 2021, do it now. As Fredrich If you've experienced a result you
Engels said, "An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."
want to avoid in the future, this
One of my favorite quotes comes from Omar Khayyam, is the time to recognize that
a 12th century Persian poet and tent maker who wrote,
"The moving finger writes, and, having writ, moves on: change needs to happen.
nor all your piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half
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