It’s hard to believe it, but here we are- starting the sixth
month of 2015! It wasn’t that long ago that we were all dreaming and setting
goals for the New Year. The first week
of June is the perfect time for a mid-year check in with those goals. I did this
on Sunday and while I have met some goals in my most areas of my life; I found
I needed to re-route my path in other areas. Here are my 5 easy tips to get my
yearly business goals back on track.
1. Make planning time a
priority.
It’s not enough for me to say I want to re-work how I’m
tracking my blog and social media assignments; I need to formulate an action
plan. By setting aside 30 minutes to review what I’ve been doing so far this
year, figure out what parts work and what parts are making me dislike this
necessary task, I’ll be able to finish 2015 strong and have a true workable
solution moving forward.
2. Purge, Often.
This goes for all incoming items in your life: junk mail,
emails from companies you might shop with in the summer, company catalogs,
group invitations that don’t fit into your wheelhouse, etc. Allow yourself to pass on a request or
business event if it truly isn’t a good fit. Purging is easy once you allow
yourself to make a decisive decision and then stick with it, which leads me to
number three.
3. Decide.
In business you can’t sit on the fence for long when it comes
to making decisions to approve or reject money making projects, because at the
end of the day- all businesses need to have money coming in at all times. Set aside 15 minutes to list the pros and
cons of a given situation and then make your choice. Then take an actionable step:
make that call, or send that email, something that will put forward motion on
your decision so you won’t talk yourself out if it.
4. Write it down.
You’ve made your decision; you’ve set your goals in motion.
Good! But did you know that the simple act of writing them down helps
your brain store them in your memory, making them much easier for you to
remember and stick with? Try it! Write out one goal on a piece of pretty
stationery, or jot it down on a colorful post-it note (my personal favorite), and
it’s almost guaranteed you’ll remember to focus on that goal.
5.Ask for help.
This tip is still a
work in progress for me. I still
struggle with asking for help from my family. As a work-at-home-mom, (WAHM), I felt if
I managed my time better, I could still do it all and take on a bigger work
load. Wrong!
Now, my goal is to let my family and co-workers know when I have a
big assignment, and then be ready to delegate when people ask me how they can
help me. It’s easy for us to shrug off offers of help, but we really shouldn’t.
Whether we need task oriented help, like please unload the dishwasher, or we just need
an ally to help us remember to drink more water, by asking others to help you,
you are inviting them into your life on a more personal level, which helps you
be a better you!
Hopefully, my 5 easy tips will help you stay, or get back on track with your yearly business goals!
Please share in comments: What goal do you hope to accomplish before the end of the year?
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