THE LEARNING CURVE - 2009 Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
Summary:
Do you treat your business as a business? At
S = Sincere.
The first step is to have a
the beginning of each new month, do you
You must
PURPOSE. Purpose is the
take the time to review your results from the
believe in
reason you are striving
previous month and plan your goals for the
your goals
toward something. It's the
coming month?
and they
why for "why" for what you
must fit your
do.
They say that to bring home a win, you need
purpose.
to start with the end in mind. Where will YOU
be at the end of this month?
M =
Measurable. Your goals must be measurable
As you sit down to plan, give some thought
in order for you to know when you've
to what it is that you would like to achieve,
achieved the goal.
the purpose of what you do. What does that
look like? What activity do you need to
A = Achievable. Your goals must be
accomplish in order to reach that goal?
achievable under your current
circumstances, knowledge, and abilities.
To take your business to the next level,
consider scheduling a monthly goal setting
R = Realistic. Your goals must be
session at the beginning of each month. Take
realistically achieved within the time frame
your tracking sheets, calendar and
you have.
paperwork to your favorite cafe and review
your accomplishments and reflect on what
T = Timely. Your goals must all work
you’ve learned during the past month
together and not conflict with each other.
Goals must have the right timing in your life.
Once you have determined your purpose,
you should write it as a statement: My
You should start the year by writing SMART
purpose is . . . at the top of a piece of paper.
goals for four areas in your life: Spiritual,
Family, Business, and Personal. If you don't
Now you're ready to set some goals based
have much experience with goal
on this purpose.
achievement, I would suggest that you set
no more than 2 goals in each area. Each goal
Goals are really the stepping stones on the
should be written in the present tense, as if
way to your purpose. All your goals should
you had already achieved it and should
revolve around and contribute to your
contain as much detail as possible.
purpose. Plus, there are some rules when
setting goals. First, they must be written.
Goals in your head will never be achieved.
For example: If your business goal was to
Goals on paper have a fighting chance.
recruit 50 people by December 31, 2009, you
Second, your goals must be S.M.A.R.T.
would write: "It's the last day of December
and I have achieved my goal of recruiting 50
new distributors this year. Many of them are
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