Good morning Everyone,
I hope you are all ready for Christmas at this point. It is only a few days away. I know I am looking forward to the break between Christmas and New Years to relax, catch my breath, and get ready for the new goals I have for this year.
Right now, though I am reviewing my past goals from this year and seeing where I have had gaps. I set out to accomplish many things in my business and health this year along with writing my first book. Although the relationship and fun areas I did lack quite a bit in. We did have a change in plans where most of my son’s goals were for summer and he ended up coming to live with my wife and I this fall. I did coach his flag football team which I have found the importance of finding the right motivation for people you are coaching. For them it was chocolate chip cookies.
As I take this time to review all of my goals I want to focus on three main questions:
1. Where did I do well and how can I push myself to do better the following year?
2. Where did I just suck at and how can I focus on that area if it is still important this year?
3. How can I make my goals better in terms of measurable for a win and time lines to get these goals accomplished?
If you look at where I wanted to spend more time with friends and make new friends, I did not come close. For the next year I want to make these goals a little more measurable so that I can truly see what a win is for this goal. It may be hang out with my Michigan friends once a quarter, once a month, or maybe plan a guys’ trip for a long weekend.
As you can see, I need to focus on family and fun activities this next year. I want this next year for my family to know that they are valued and loved. I also need to schedule in more fun events as this year was truly focused on work, writing a book, and growing my company. I do miss water skiing and seeing I did it once this past year I would like to get into it more often. It is also a stress reducer for me when I get done water skiing so it will help me decompress so I can get back to work with intentional focus.
If you have never made goals for yourself, I encourage you. You don’t have to succeed at every one. As you can see I did not. If you want to grow though, you need to challenge and stretch you self otherwise how will your comfort zone get bigger. More on setting goals next week. As for now, have a great Christmas!
Sincerely,
Kevin Sidebottom
Sales and Leadership Enterprises