Discover 6 steps to dramatically improve your likelihood of success. A proven model for thinking through everything form personal goals to big organisational strategies.

2. 1 Focus
Focus is a three step process:
1. Clarity - get specific about what you want
2. Purpose - be clear about why it is important to you
3. Confidence – how confident are you in your capability to make it happen?

3. 2 Options
Resist jumping straight in, step back and open your mind. Tap into your creative side to
generate lots of ideas. No evaluation or judging just yet. It’s all about quantity over quality
at this stage, be open to literally anything. You can always discount your ‘duff’ ideas later.
Consider three general areas:
1. Options – what tasks and resources might there be?
2. Others – who could help and how might they?
3. Obstacles – what might get in the way, what assumptions might you be making and
how might you overcome them?

4. 3 Others
1. What could others bring to the party?
2. Who could I involve (internal and external to my organisation)?
3. Who could affect my ability to deliver (both helpful and unhelpful)?
4. How might I gain their buy-in?
Others is all about how you involve people. Consider
anyone who can affect your ability to deliver in some way.
Four questions to ask yourself:
Others is all about how you involve people. Consider
anyone who can affect your ability to deliver in some way.
Four questions to ask yourself:

5. 4 Organise
Having done your thinking, generated lots of ideas, it’s now time to make some choices.
What are you going to do? How will you decide? When will you do your choices?
• What will have the greatest impact with the least effort?
• What will help to advance you towards your focus?
• Who will you involve?
• How will you get them bought in?

6. 5 Deliver
Having decided on your plan of action, you are good to go, but, are you? Before getting
stuck in, take a little time and it needs only be a little time, to consider:
1. How will you track your progress?
2. How will you measure your success?
3. How will you learn through the journey?
4. What will be your strategy for adjustment?
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7. 6 Ownership
Ownership is the ultimate test, are you serious about your focus?
The reality is that your performance is dependent on how you
apply yourself:
1. Is your focus clear?
2. Have you explored ideas and potential obstacles?
3. Have you considered your key people?

8. Thinking Focus Actions Model
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