Mindset First, Action Second

Dr. Todd JD
Internship Magazine
8 min readOct 7, 2022

The real truth about business planning. the who, what, where, when how and why! Understanding a person’s needs in order to learn how to help them.

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So, what is the truth about business planning? It’s not just about making sure you have all your ducks in a row or researching every nook and cranny to find the next big thing. It’s about understanding who you are helping and why, learning the best ways to serve them and then going off into the world with your new knowledge to get things done.

Understanding all aspects of your target market’s needs is the most important part of planning. You need to understand what they want, what they really want, and how they can get it.

While it’s important to be aware of the latest trends and developments, your success will depend on understanding the way people think and what they really want.

By having something to offer them, you can help to add value to the community

It can be hard for businesses to survive without a plan. A business plan is your plan for moving forward, and it helps you think about what kind of business you want to create. By having something to offer them, you can help to add value to the community.

You can help to add value to the community by having something of your own. Share your knowledge and expertise, network with other business owners and experts, gain inspiration by seeing what others have achieved.

Business planning is possibly one of the most important things that you can do as a business owner, despite how much you hate to do it or how little time you have. Having a plan will help you avoid costly mistakes, stay on course, and ultimately achieve your goals.

By being recognized as a pillar in the community, you can help to develop a stronger community

Businesses are more successful when they contribute to their local communities. By being recognized as a pillar in the community, you can help to develop a stronger community and encourage other businesses to support local causes.

Give your business a goal of being recognized as a pillar in the community. You can help to develop a stronger community by volunteering and contributing to the local economy.

We all can help build the community in which we live by serving as a beacon of strength and integrity. This can be accomplished by being recognized as a pillar in the community, leading by example and showing others that you care about what happens in your neighborhood.

Becoming involved in local affairs, as well as political issues that affect us all, helps an individual becomes more involved with their neighbors. This establishes relationships and trust among people who can help each other achieve shared goals.

Position yourself as an authority on the subject matter

Being recognized as a pillar in the community by others will help you build a strong business name and help position yourself as an authority in your industry. It is like having a badge of honor. It will help you stand out and be seen as an authority on all subjects.

It is one of the best ways to build your reputation as a business expert. It can become a foundation to the success of your business.

Become part of a network of other pillars of that community

By being a pillar in the community you will be able to create opportunities for more growth. Your business is part of a larger ecosystem. By helping others, you are in turn helping yourself.

You’ll be part of a network of other stake holders of that community, who will help you and each other succeed. That’s the truth about business planning: it’s not just about business. It’s about people working together to accomplish something important. And that’s the key to successfully building a business from scratch.

Pillars of the community support their community by being able to add value to the community

It is true that pillars of the community support their community by being able to add value to their community. They use their resources, energy, and influence on enhancing the community. It’s a way to add value, specifically in the form of growth, which can only lead to value creation and development, so everybody wins.

When one can add value to their community, they are more apt to be a part of it. They want others to partake in their business, giving them an advantage in serving their customers. Community support is important when starting a business; you need people that you can reach out to for help and advice.

Your mission can be to give back to your communities when you are making a difference by helping to fill the gaps left in the social services. You can help you leverage your strengths as a community organization and build capacity as an organization. You can become more successful, while contributing more back into your community.

This comes from being able to offer services to the community

It is important to consider where your business is likely to grow, be that geographically or by offering new services. It comes from thinking about what your business is, what it could be and the different ways it can help people.

Think about the things that you can offer because of being in business. Perhaps, for example, you have a passion for photography, and you want to develop this passion into an actual job that can run alongside your day job. In this instance, the truth is all about being able to put yourself in a position where you can do two things.

It’s not just about having all the facts in check and placing them in the right order. It’s about how you use those facts to demonstrate your vision for the life of your community and how you’ll create opportunities for growth by taking responsibility for where it will go next, through innovation, change and adaptation.

The feedback loop from the community will provide the topics of the community’s needs

The community feedback loop is a way we can have a conversation with our community about their needs, and what action we can take to improve the product. The feedback loop from the community will provide the topics of the communities’ needs.

This includes insights from your team, industry thought leaders and an array of people from within or outside your organizations on technology trends, marketing priorities and planning considerations. This way you can network with experts in their own fields with invaluable experience to share.

The more you know about your community and the more feedback you get from them, the more you can adapt your business plan. shaped in the communities. They will likely provide real life examples and feedback which allows you to prioritize tasks, create scheduling, and developing your plans much easier.

This will help position you to provide resources and solutions to those needs

Inevitably, by being in a position in the community as an authority, you will gain knowledge on the resources available within that community. There will be networking opportunities in every community.

You will become aware of different groups of people in all walks of life. Each group will have various resources.

You will also be able to reach out to others for brainstorming on solutions. You won’t have to work as hard to come up with ideas on your own.

By being in the position of having access to this knowledge it will set you apart from the competition. It may even help you to build working relationships with your potential competition, turning them into allies.

Being able to understand a community’s needs will inevitably help you to understand the needs of the individuals within those communities

You will likely find more insights into the needs of people on a personal level. By being able to address the base needs of people in your community at this level, you can help to strengthen the overall community at large.

Everybody knows somebody who needs help at some point or another. There are also people in the community who are best suited to help with specific needs within that community.

Becoming a player in that informational hub can help you in the long run. You can develop relationships which can help you in the long run.

By understanding the needs of those individuals, you can narrow down solution to their individual problems

People remember those that help them, and this often forges a need for reciprocity. There are also people who have a need to give back to their community.

Bringing these groups of people together can help to fulfill people’s lives in surprising ways. You can help to bring a more enriching experience into those within your community.

This in turn helps to build up the community itself

By building up your community you can help to ensure your own success. You can learn how to adapt to new influences on that community and help to shape where it is headed.

By having a hand in guiding the community, you are helping to create your own future. Learning how to utilize these resources can provide you with an advantage in both you present and future goals.

So, I guess what I am trying to say is you must understand a person’s needs to learn how to help them. By having something to offer them, you can help to add value to the community. By being recognized as a pillar in the community, you can help to develop a stronger community.

By being recognized as a pillar in the community you are automatically placing yourself as an authority on the subject matter. You will be part of a network of other pillars of that community. By being a pillar in the community you will be able to create opportunities for more growth.

Pillars of the community support their community by being able to add value to the community. This comes from being able to offer services to the community. The feedback loop from the community will provide the topics of the communities’ needs. This will help position you to provide resources and solutions to those needs.

Being able to understand a community’s needs will inevitably help you to understand the needs of the individuals within those communities. By understanding the needs of those individuals, you can narrow down solutions to their individual problems. This in turn helps to build up the community itself.

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Dr. Todd JD
Internship Magazine

Writing articles about business, marketing, and life in general.