3 Ways To Make Sure You Hit Your Goals

It’s the end of the summer time. Most of us as September rolls in are starting with the last run to the end of the year.

Taking this quiet and slow time of summer takes you away from the madness of “business as usual” and allows you to raise your head above the business. It gives you the ability to do the important part of business; which is; working ON your business instead of IN your business.

Last week I was interviewed for a radio talk in the USA, and I mentioned that I just came back from a fabulous vacation in Ireland and Austria, which allowed me not only to recharge my batteries but also rethink about my goals and plan ahead.

The host of the show, mentioned that taking a vacation of 10 days and more in summer is  a European element, but  an important habit that should be adopted by more cultures. It would create a balanced business life and certainly a much more productive and successful.

I couldn’t agree with her more.

Usually we take the slow time of the winter break (Christmas and New Year) to set up our goals for the coming year. It’s part of the balanced system of business when we do the same as nature, which is, do the unseen work.

It is the unseen work that is being done that later will manifest itself in your life. Just like nature in winter. It looks as if nothing is taking place, but most of the work is being done underneath the earth.

However, very few are doing similar thing during the summer break.

Summer is a great time to reflect and review how far along the path you are to achieving your goals. Not reviewing the progress of your goals is like a pilot not checking his altitude!

If you’re like most successful entrepreneurs, you started the year by creating an annual plan. You know that not having a plan is like being lost with no map or GPS; there’s a slight possibility of getting to your destination but it’s more difficult and less likely.

Unfortunately, you have a business and marketing plan, many of you have trouble following it. Like your New Year’s resolutions, the plan was easy to follow in January, but each passing month brought with it new opportunities and new challenges.

As a result, by this time of the year you shifted your focus from the well-plotted course to the new realities of their business.

Taking the time to review your goals and check if they are still relevant for you is probably the best thing you could do for your business in the last week of summer.

So here are 3 steps how you can do it:

Make a new list.

The first step in this course correction process is to review the big annual goals that you set at the beginning of the year.

Now create a new list.

What can you realistically achieve in the remainder of the year?

Think about how and why your two lists differ. 

Why are certain goals no longer possible?
Did new opportunities get in their way? And are these new opportunities working out?
Think about what else has gotten in the way of your goals.
Have you spent too much time answering phone calls or emails?
Have you been stuck in too many meetings, or had to work tirelessly to satisfy the needs of certain customers?

Figure out what has caused certain goals to fall out of reach, and most importantly, what can you do differently to achieve them?

Next, create a plan for achieving your top goals this year.

Start by identifying the one goal you absolutely must achieve by the end of the year.

Write down the five things you need to do in the next thirty days to progress toward achieving that goal.

Then, after thirty days have passed, confirm you have achieved those five things and create the list of five things you must accomplish during the next month.

Doing this will get you in the habit of constantly setting and accomplishing short-term goals that result in the achievement of your bigger goals. It will also help you figure out how to stop the countless distractions that create problems for you.

Remember, that one-third of the year is still left. We’ve all seen sports teams make amazing progress in the final period and outperform their competitors. You can too if you create, and stick to, the right game plan.

Now it’s your turn…

What are your goals for the end of the year?

Share with us in the comment box below your goals on your 5 actions to take in the coming month, so we could support each other in achieving those goals.

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