The 11th-Month Trading Trap: Stop Writing Off December | Peter Boolkah

Send us Fan MailDo you mentally write off December and tell yourself that everything can wait until January?Peter Boolkah calls this the “11th-month trading trap”: the tendency for business owners to stop making decisions at the end of November, drift through December and begin the New Year without a clear plan.In this short solo episode, Peter explains why there are 52 trading weeks in the year not 48 and why your business plan cannot remain inside the owner’s head.You’ll discover:Why writing off December puts the business behind before January beginsHow to review the previous year honestlyThe Stop-Start-Keep framework for annual planningWhy an unwritten plan quickly gets buried beneath daily demandsHow to align the team before the first working day of the yearWhy opportunities and external risks should be planned for in advanceWhy failing to plan really is planning to failCONNECT WITH PETER BOOLKAHWebsite: https://www.boolkah.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boolkahInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pboolkah/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoolkahX: https://twitter.com/boolkahABOUT PETER BOOLKAHPeter Boolkah is a business coach, author and speaker who has spent more than 20 years helping business owners build stronger, more valuable businesses that do not depend on them for everything.He is the creator of The Hamster Wheel Trap® and author of Your Business Sucks: Build a Business That Works Without Destroying Your Life.Peter works with founders and leadership teams on the issues that ultimately determine whether a business creates freedom or becomes another job: leadership, founder dependency, people, profit, execution, scaling, exit readiness and enterprise value.His approach is direct, practical and built around one simple question:Do you own the business, or does the business own you?Learn more at https://www.boolkah.com