Do you spend more time planning where you're going on holiday than you do on where you want your business to be in the next 1 year, 3 years or 5 years? If so you're not alone! However most successful businesses, big or small, all have a plan of where they would like to be in the future.
It just takes time, outwith your day to day running of your business, to sit down and ask yourself some key questions:
how do you see your business in the future?
what does it sound like?
what does it feel like?
It doesn't matter what your timescale is but it is important to have one, be it a year or longer. You can then break it down into more manageable chunks and look at how you're going to achieve it.
Not only that but you can check that your personal and business goals are congruent - they compliment each other and don't fight each other. If you have business partners then it's a good idea to check you have complimentary business goals. I have come across directors or business partners with completely different goals many times and none of them have survived without a radical rethink of their goals and roles.
None of this is rocket science and you will have heard it all before. Use some time during the holidays to examine what you want from your business and your personal life and start planning. What have you got to lose? If you haven't a clue where to start drop me an email and I'll send you a goal setting pack. Check out my contact page to email me.
