292 - Winners Take Action ASAHP!

12 May 2024 · 5 min

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Podcast Notes: The Business Acquisition Podcast with Bruce Whipple

Episode Title

292 - Winners Take Action ASAHP!

Episode Overview In this episode, Bruce Whipple focuses on the concept of taking action promptly, encapsulated in the acronym ASAHP, which stands for "As Soon As Humanly Possible." He emphasizes the importance of proactive measures in achieving success in business acquisition and personal growth.

Key Points Discussed

  • Understanding ASAHP:
  • ASAHP is a mindset that encourages taking immediate action towards goals.
  • Whipple highlights that successful individuals often act quickly compared to those who fail.
  • Creating a Daily Action Plan:
  • The importance of having a clear plan of action aligned with personal goals.
  • Whipple stresses that knowing your "why" fuels motivation, especially during challenging times.
  • Time Management Techniques:
  • Time Logging:
  • A powerful tool for analyzing how time is spent throughout the day.
  • Encourages individuals to document their activities to identify time-wasting habits, particularly with social media.
  • The Impact of Distractions:
  • Whipple warns about the allure of social media and other distractions that can consume valuable time.
  • He notes that many people underestimate how much time they waste, often realizing they have more time than they thought.
  • Action Over Perfection:
  • Winners prioritize action, even in the face of potential rejection or failure.
  • Whipple suggests that understanding the process and having a plan increases the likelihood of success.

Tools and Resources

  • Bruce Whipple’s Website:
  • Resources available for listeners include templates and guides for the business acquisition process.
  • Monthly live Q&A sessions for members to address specific questions.
  • A free course and conversation starters available at [Bruce Whipple's Free Course](https://brucewhipple.com/freecourse).

Conclusion Bruce Whipple concludes by reaffirming that taking action is essential for success. Those who take more decisive steps are generally more successful than those who hesitate. The episode serves as a motivational push for listeners to embrace the ASAHP mindset and act on their business goals.

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Key Takeaways

  • Mindset: Winners act ASAHP.
  • Planning: Create a daily action plan focusing on specific goals.
  • Time Awareness: Use time logging to identify and eliminate inefficiencies.
  • Distractions: Be conscious of time spent on social media and other distractions.
  • Action: It's better to act and learn from failures than to wait for the perfect moment.

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0:00Winners Take Action ASAHP How about you? Now, some of you may wonder what ASAHP is. It's something that I learned from my mentor a long, long time ago, and it's as soon as humanly possible. And when I look at those that have been successful versus those that have not yet been successful, it often comes down to a few things. We've talked about the reason for doing this, their why, but ultimately it comes down to knowing what to do, then on a daily basis creating a plan of action that you take which is in support of what you want to get done, what your goal is. Your why is important. That's really the fuel that drives your motivation during the times that things aren't going as well as you would want them to, but you've really got to focus on what is it that I want to do every day and how am I going to get that done, and to have the tools and the support system around you that lets you know when what you're doing makes sense and when what you're doing needs to be improved.

1:16So we've talked about things like Ivy Lee, the Franklin Planner, whatever it is, piece of paper, Whatever it is, write down the things that will move your needle the most the next day. And then if you have the ability to control your own time, work that in order. Now, in terms of time, one of the most powerful things that somebody can do is to use a time log. And what a time log will do, and you just need to do it for a couple of days, really. If you want to do it longer than that, great to continually understand what you do with your time. But just take out a piece of paper. There are certainly programs that allow you to do this as well, kind of automatically.

2:01And just what you do through the day, write down. So 7 o 'clock, I did this. And 7.15, this person called me. And 7.30, I went on Facebook. And 10 o 'clock, I got off Facebook. Social media is incredible in terms of how it will suck you into the vortex. So if you do that, if you create that time log, you will be able to go back and look and say, how did I spend that day? And almost everybody who does that and goes through that exercise says, you know what I learned? I got a lot more time than I think. I thought that I didn't have enough time, but I spend three hours a day on social media or whatever it is.

2:45And so take a look at that. a lot of the distractions that come into our life, particularly electronically, are done by some pretty skilled people that know how to manipulate behavior. And so particularly now with reels, you can go from one and it feeds you another and it could feed you another. And literally that can take hours where you don't even notice how much time you spent on it. So I would ask you that question and remember that winners take action as soon as humanly possible. It doesn't mean that everything you're going to do is going to work. It doesn't mean that you're not going to get rejection.

3:25You're going to do that. But focus on the things you can do. Understand what the plan is. If you don't know how to do this process, go over to brucewhipple.com. That acquisition advantage is step-by-step what to do, templates, etc. Each month I do a live Q &A with those members only so you can answer questions. And certainly that will give you the steps that you need to follow. So I hope that that helps you. I hope you understand what to do. I hope you take action as soon as possible. And if you do that, you will most of the time end up being more successful than those that don't. I put together some conversation starters.

4:11Those are over on my website, you'll see that. But if you want to go there directly, just go to brucewhipple.com forward slash free course, and you can get those as well. But taking action certainly is the key to this. And most of the people that succeed take a lot more action than those that don't.

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