Keep Focus on Business Goals

We have many great ideas about our business, but then a lack of focus creeps in and slows our progress. Here are tips for keeping focus on your business goals!

Four Tips for Focus on your Business Goals:

    * Get clear on what you want - If you don't know what you want, any road will NOT get you there.  What is one project you want to achieve in your business by the end of the year?  It could be around infrastructure, marketing, networking, workshops, webinars or speeches.  Sit down and write the end result of that project.  What will be present when that project is done?  What will others experience as a result of completing that project?

    * Set a plan for making it happen - Now that you have the end result written down, what specific steps and actions will need to take place to achieve that?  Draw up a high level project plan with specific actions and timeframes.

    * Seek out support & accountability - As you look at your action plan, who could help you achieve it?  What support or accountability do you need? I have several coaching buddies I talk to twice a month to keep me accountable.  Consider a colleague you could buddy up with to hold each other accountable.

    * Schedule time for FUN and rejuvenation! Focusing on your project could be super fun for you and that is fabulous.  At the same time, it's critical to step away from your business and shift your mind and body on something else.  Schedule short walks during the day.  Take an afternoon a week to do whatever you want.  Sneak out to a matinee or have coffee with a friend.

By Jean DiGiovanna, President Workshop University
http://workshopuniversity.com/