Welcome to 2023!!
The new year and we are all waking up on the first weekend since the New Years rang in. We have had one week of back to the grind. One week of running around getting back into the grove of things. A week of driving through “winter weather”
This is the time that we get challenged by life against the goals that we recently planned for the new year. The question is are we going to be able to make it through the remaining 51 weeks of this year. When the going gets tough and we are hit in the face with adversity. Where do we look for strength to grind through this?
We need to look at that Purpose Statement like we talked in the last week of December. That is what has to keep us focused to keep taking one more step. We need that courage to push farther by looking at that statement of success for our lives. We need to take a breath and then get back to work for that vision of success with that statement.
How do the goals line up with that purpose statement? Are they strong enough to handle the punches we take from the daily grind. Do they have the timing set up so we can gauge success with them? Do we use the SMART goals?
Are the goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound? Our goals need to have these five measurables answered. This way we can see how we are doing as we move throughout the year. Without them being specific and being too broad we will not be able to understand if we are going the right way. If they are not measurable and achievable then we will not be able to know where we stand. For instance, if I say I want to make $20,000 per keynote as a goal I will likely not achieve that.
That goal does not have anything other than a value. A better goal would be I would like to make $20,000 in the month of February by booking X number of keynotes. Now that is a smart goal. That is a goal that I can look at to see where I stand and any time. That is a goal that is going to keep me on track.
If I want to construct a new training for my membership page, I can set goals for having the program broken down by a certain time, number of videos recorded and edited by a certain date. Now I have a direction and a SMART goal set up so I can look at the calendar and then look at my goals to kit that key objective.
What is it that you struggle with goal setting?What keeps you from achieving your goals?What is holding you back from being a success?Reach out or leave a comment below and I would be glad to help you with goal planning.
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