I Don’t Have Any Goals

A number of people that I follow in Facebook and Twitter don’t call their new year’s business directions “goals.” I can see that. But I don’t really get hung up on the words used to describe what my plans are for the year, and I am just now getting things ironed out for 2010. Yes, that’s later than most, but I’ll consider it to be just in time for me.

One of my coaches last year said to make 3 different kinds of achievable goals:

1 Revenue goal – check.

2 Personal Best goals – interesting twist that I love.

3 Scary goals – wow. She described them as the kind of thing that makes you have to breath into a paper bag.From the looks of the things I have written down, I’ve got that covered pretty well!

This week I am doing a vision board for the first time and including items from all these areas. All I really know is that it is going to be a great year for my business, and the direction it will take may be fluid for awhile. I’m going to try to hold the shiny object syndrome to a minimum and just focus on what is right for me and steer clear of any copy cat routines.

This year, the scary goals are what I am most excited about. Go get your own paper bag and stick it by your desk. If you haven’t used it once in the next 3 months, get some bigger plans!

Hey – let me know what scary thing you are planning to do.