So we’ve started the new year. How many of you have broken resolutions already? It’s outstanding the number of people that make the same resolutions every year, and break them every year. Is it because a thought on New Years Eve is not enough to carry your goal? I think so. Goals need structure and planning.
I’ve been talking on my other site www.SmartNotHard.com.au about planning your year. While I will try to keep these site seperated, I think the post is relevant to my fellow Goal Getters here.
So how can we start the year out smart? Set aside a couple of hours (a day if you can) to work on planning your year. Then do the following:
Mark out all the holidays and important dates.
Create a vision board of what you want to accomplish (and have) this year.
Write a goal for each of those things.
Write out the steps you need to reach each goal, and diarise actions / tasks / appointments for them.
With your holidays, work out how much each one will cost and make sure you can increase your earnings enough to set aside the money needed.
For example if you have a cleaning business and you know that to have the holiday to Fiji you will need an extra $8,000. What does that mean? $8,000 / 50 weeks is $160 a week. Can you put that aside? Will you need to get say 2 extra clients a week at $150 each – less expenses, gst etc to cover it? Then what steps do you need to take to get those extra clients? Could you set aside 10min a day for the next week to get on the phone and do some sales calls? Then put that in your diary and get cracking!!!!
We can all acheive our goals this year. I’m going to share mine here with you over the next few days – then you can hold my accountable.
Good luck and Go For Goal’d.
