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Welcome to The Samita Lab.

This is a 12 month mastermind to lay the foundation for and get your goals for 2022. We ask the important question "Who do you need to become?"

AUGUST 24TH MEET

Theme: YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

Duration: 2 hours

Location: Zoom

600-6:30 WINS SINCE WE LAST MET

HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH WHAT YOU COMMITTED TO MEASURING?

 

  • Real estate goal: Figure out what to do with the strategist. Solicit references of folks who have worked with him before
  • Health goal: Begin work with nutritionist August 1
  • Health goal: Water fasting retreat in Ohio
  • Relationship with kids goal: Find a volunteering opportunity with kids Resource: https://www.projectgivingkids.org/
  • Osteostrong goal: Conversation with business partner about funding session trainer's education/visa
  • Leadership goal: Process mastery at Baker Tilly
 
  • Time management goal: 30, 60, 90 planner my templates attached)
  • Promotion related goal: Make a list of items she needs for success in new role and for her leadership. Notion.so for easy access to your SOP's
  • Creativity goal: Writing
 

6:30-7:00 LET'S REVIEW YOUR HOMEWORK:

BUILD YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

Take stock of the network you have and see what gaps you need to fill and take action now. FOR EXAMPLE, if you are trying to find funding do your homework and get the facts on the ecosystem; there are 300 angel groups across the nation, equally dispersed from North to South from East to West. Kauffman statistics show that 75% of angels fund in the same state they live and 90% of high potential deals are funded by angels. Talk to other founders who have been funded.

Get out of your comfort zone and attend a high powered meeting or event. (ACG, Renaissance Weekend, Alley to the Valley) plus update your LinkedIn profile and get on AngelList. Angels are looking for great deals. Where do they look? At pitch events, incubators, local colleges, angel groups, from attorneys, accountants and bankers.

Learn to ask. This is hard for women, but with a little practice, it becomes easier. Start with an easy ask; what other ideas do you have for me and who else do you know I should talk to?

A SYSTEM FOR STARTING YOUR NETWORK

Research has shown our brains are only capable of keeping track of up to 150 people. Look at all your contacts and arrange them into the following groups:

Top 5: family and close friends (should be easy)

Key 50: Friends and associates whom you know you can call upon for help and advice. They will answer your calls straight away; you know you can count on them.

Vital 100: People who are important in your life, who add value to you and vice versa. More than a casual acquaintance. There should be a variety of locations, professions, life contexts etc in this group. You should keep in touch with these people once a month at least, even if it’s a tweet, a text or a phone call.

A SYSTEM FOR FOLLOWUP

As unnatural as it seems, you need to have a “infallible follow-up schedule” for keeping in touch with people. I keep an excel document with the person's name, the date I followed up, what I sent.

The 4 time frames are: once a day, once a week, once a month and once a quarter.

Once a day: follow up within 24 hours of receiving an email or message

Once a week: the time frame for when you should check in with each of your Key 50

Once a month: the time frame for when you should check in with each of your Vital 100

Once a quarter: send a group message to the rest of your LinkedIn contacts to let them know what’s been going on with you. And ask them what’s going on with them! An easy way to stay in touch? Diane Von Furstenberg once told me that the first thing she does every morning is "Connect two people in her network." She's at a place where she can, but the truth is, everybody can if you follow this methodology.

A SYSTEM FOR DECIDING WHO TO ADD TO YOUR NETWORK

To help you decide when you meet someone new, expert Judy Robinett suggests to ask:

  1. Where did they come from?
  2. Do our values match?
  3. Can I provide them with value now or in the future, and vice versa?

7:00-7:15 PM PLANNING SYSTEMS REVIEW

90 DAY PLAN

It won’t take you long to group each of your goals into each section of the 90 day plan. The main thing is to prioritize and make sure you get the tasks that must be done in 90 days down and then fill up the rest of the time with the things you can and want to do in the next 90 days. This will form a basis of your direction and aim for the next 90 days and guide you with your weekly plan and daily plan!

WEEK PLAN

You want to get into the habit of planning your week on Sunday night before you go to bed so you have a clear idea and understanding of what you are trying to achieve during the week ahead. A plan for your week will give you clarity, focus and purpose.

DAILY PLAN

Every night before you go to bed you want to have a plan for the day ahead. This is the key to making progress and getting the results you want to see in your life. It doesn’t have to be complicated and the plan I have laid out for you is more from just another day planner – it is a clear and powerful action plan for the day!

How do you measure success?

How do you protect for the downside?

 

7:15-7:35 HOTSEAT

Give us background information:

  • What's the history of what’s happened so far
  • Where are you stuck?
  • What are your thoughts on this topic
  • What have you already tried
  • How does this situation relate to your goals?
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7:35-8:15

WORKSHOPPING MEMBER'S CURRENT CHALLENGES

 

8:15-8:30 PM

COMMITMENTS 

  • Commitments from last time. Have they changed?

HOMEWORK: BUILDING CULTURE

 

You are not just building a personal brand,  you are also building culture. Whether you’re a leader of a small business or the head up a large team,  culture starts with you.  We talked a little bit about that in the last session. People are looking to you and you are setting the tone for meetings.

You are going on the retreat with me. We are going to be immersed in a new culture. What is coming up for you? What requires you to be adaptive? 

Culture is important because you are trying to create BIG things. Investigating this element

  • leads to higher productivity
  • better morale
  • greater employee engagement
  • more sales and creativity
  • lower turnover

On top of that, a Glassdoor study found that “56% of workers ranked a strong workplace culture as more important than salary, with more than three-in-four workers saying they’d consider a company’s culture before applying for a job there.”

SO, your homework is to define

  • Your current team or company culture
  • What kind of people do you hire?
  • What do you value?   
  • What is the team mission?
  • What are your expectations?
  • What are your goals?

 

 

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