I am asking you not to make New Year resolutions this year. I mean, what's the point really
I would, on the other hand, encourage you to set yourself some goals (especially the really big and exciting ones), and I am asking you start your planning (and delivery of your plan) right now. Don’t wait until the New Year, get started straight away and get ahead of the curve.
Why not set that exciting and ambitious goal and get the ball rolling well before January? Imagine how good you will feel on the 1st of January knowing your goals and already working towards them. What a great way to get your 2022 started.
The simple fact is every time we work with successful professionals, they set clear goals and build plans to achieve them. They could be personal goals and plans and business goals and plans. The two overlap and interlink so it’s great if you can have both in place.
Simply the best time to set your goals is right now. Yesterday has already gone so you can’t set them then, and tomorrow is a terrible time to set them (it never arrives).
Think of yourself a year from today. What would make you feel fantastic. What would make you proud personally and professionally? And let’s not think small here. What are the massive and audacious goals you could set that would excite you a lot and frighten you a little? These are the kind of goals we need to be setting. Once you have your big goals, break them down into quarterly steps and measures.
What will success look like in three months? What will make the February 2022 version of you proud and thrilled in equal measure. My favourite expression is: “There is nothing in life you have to do”. It’s an expression I keep coming back to both personally and with the people I work with and support. The expression doesn’t give you a blank cheque to do nothing, it’s the exact opposite in fact. This expression should help you clearly understand the opportunity for you to decide what you really want, to document this and to get started on your plan right now.
When you adopt this approach, holding yourself accountable (making your plan visible and sharing it with other who will keep you accountable) you start to live your life (and business) on purpose.
The last two years have taught us all a vital lesson, life is short, and we are here for a good time not a long time! What are you going to plan in for 2022 to make it your best year ever?
