It’s a new year, and if you’re like most of the human race you’re already behind in implementing your New Year’s resolutions. The good news – you’re not alone. The better news? You can still get back on track. There’s an unspoken pressure inherent in making and sticking to a resolution that ends up leading to a defeatist attitude when the resolution isn’t met.
Instead of resolutions, here are some solutions to achieving the changes you want to make this year.
- Pick one primary goal. You can set up to two other minor goals (no more than three total including your primary – research shows that adding more goals as well but keep your main focus on that one primary goal. Make sure your goal is specific, measurable, and attainable. If, for example, your overall lifetime goal is to become a billionaire, that might be a bit much to try and achieve in a year. Instead, focus on something attainable – increasing your income by 20% or adding 3 new clients or products a month, some way you can increase your bottom line and take the steps neccessary to being the journey towards your end goal.
- Create Your Plan. If you haven’t attained your goal in the normal course of your routine, then obviously something needs to change. Take your primary goal and break it down into manageable sections. Then take those sub-goals and create your plan for attaining each one. If your primary goal is to spend more time with your family and you decide the way to do that is to stop working nights and weekends then your sub goals would be ways to get the work done during work hours. This might be accomplished by automating some of your more time intensive tasks, outsourcing some of your administrative items, limiting the number of projects you take on each month, and so on.
- Track Your Progress. Decide on a timeline for implementing each sub goal. Using the scenario from number two that might include tasks automated within 3 months, outsourcing accomplished over the next 3 months) – whatever your sub goals are schedule your time to accomplish them and move on to the next sub goal in your calendar. Make sure to schedule them in a manner where you complete one and move on to the next, this will keep you from getting overwhelmed and allow you to see the actual progress of what you’re achieving. You’ll also be able to reap the smaller rewards each step completion will bring rather than waiting for one large payout.
- Celebrate Your Victories. Another advantage to breaking your primary goal into sub goals is that you get minor victories throughout the year. Celebrate these, enjoy them, and use them as your motivation to tackle that next sub goal.
The most important thing to remember is that you are creating habits, each step in the process should be an ingrained part of your daily routine by the time you move on to the next step. You’re laying the foundation for not only achieving your primary goal – but maintaining it.
Do you have any tips or strategies that you’d like to share? Have any questions about structuring your goal so that it’s not only attainable but you can build off it for next year? Contact us and let us know, we’d be happy to help!
Until next time … to your success!
Paige Jackson
Create 2 Sell