Planning for the Year End

As the year comes to an end, this is the time to set aside some time and review what has happened. You need to do this to not only ensure that you are on the right track but also to plan what you can get done (that you have not thought about) by the year’s end.

This is a time to do some business financial housekeeping. Tie up some lose ends etc. For those who pay taxes in April, make an appointment with your CPA to review what you are expecting to earn this year. Discuss tax strategies that will help your individual case.

Write down a list of client and prospects that you need to chat with before the year is up. Review goals and any training with your employees.

Day 7: Follow-Through

Welcome to the last phase. Today I will talk about the importance of follow-through.

Regardless of what you start and complete, follow-though is a key. Follow-through means to make sure what you started is still going on as planned even after you have ended the task.

If you do not follow-through, the chances of failure are very high. Therefore, lets say your goal was to reach to some level in your career. In order for you to reach that level, you had to make some changes, perhaps to the way you interacted. Now that you have reached that level, it does not mean that you go back to your old self. You must continue in the same spirit that go you there, otherwise that chances of you failure in the new position will be very high.

This concludes our “7 Days to a More Confident You” series.

Check back for new topic.

Sal

Day 5: Creating an action plan

Previously we learnt how to focus and we also went through an exercise of creating tasks to reach our goals.

Today we will take a closer look at how to create tasks. People often find it difficult to break down goals in to smaller tasks. One of the questions often is whether to go about it from the goal down or start from a task and build up to the goal.

Well! it is a hybrid approach. This means that it is a bit of both. However, there is an order to the process. You may find it best to start with the goal and work your way down. Ask your self the following question for every task including the goal: “What do I need to accomplish this particular task?”

Be careful not to over simplify your tasks, e.g. if you are going to chop a piece of wood, there is no need to write “start chopping”…get it!

Once you have all your tasks written, arrange them in the right order and then number them.

Next, starting with the goal and working your way down, start to attach some target completion dates for the tasks (and goals).

There you have it….your “Action Plan” to complete your goal.

Tune in next to learn about taking control…Day 6.

Sal