How many of us said things would be better "next year"? Well, "Next Year" is only a day and a bit away. Are you getting nervous? I sure am. I have (as usual) great expectations of what 2010 will bring for us personally and for Hawgwash, LLC as a business. I am frustrated that I have yet to complete the two websites, we are still limping along with the original site, which isn't bad, but way too busy for my taste.
We always seem to get caught up this time of year, planning on how much better "next year" is going to be, but for me at least, we never have a specific plan in mind. This year (2009) we have a specific road map for building our business in 2010. This year, we have already tested the road map and found it to be good and very effective, which means there is a much higher likelihood that "Next Year" will actually be better and may even come up to our expectations.
Before you start getting depressed about what is or is not going to happen in 2010, focus on what you really want. But more importantly than that, once you decide on what you want, develop a step-by-step plan to get to what you want for 2010. I know everyone tells you to set goals that are achievable, but really, in this economy, what you plan today may be thrown out the window tomorrow. The steps I am referring to are actually very, VERY tiny baby steps that will slowly but surely get you to that goal you set for 2010.
The last few years we always set goals for where we want to be, and what we want to be doing, and we did kind of set up steps to get there. For 2010, we actually have a little book that has DAILY pages in it, measuring your DAILY progress toward your goal. The neat thing about this daily book is that even if life gets in the way of what you may have "planned" on doing that day, you sit down in the evening and review what you did accomplish for that day. Then you are already on the road to planning what you are going to do the next day.
The next morning, you get up and again look at your little daily book and re-review what your goals are for that day alone. That night, you go back to the book and see if you accomplished any of the tasks that you hoped to. This book does not do what many "TO DO" lists do which is move a task that went unfinished in Day 1 to Day 2. By the time you get to Day 7, you have a TO DO list that is impossible to manage. This book basically wipes the slate clean each day and you start fresh each day. This book has worked wonders for us, we have been testing it for almost 4 weeks and have had dramatic results.
Personally, I didn't believe that concept would work (clearing the table and starting fresh each day), but what really works is that you don't get that feeling of being overwhelmed with tasks you wanted to get completed. This provides a path of very tiny baby steps, but as you review your week, you discover that you went further than you had ever dreamed.
In summary, it is a good idea to develop your goals for next year, make sure they are achievable, but the most important part of making the goals, is to have a very simple and easy plan with very, very, very tiny steps that will lead you slowly, but steadily to that goal you set for 2010.
If you have any questions regarding the little book we have been using, please e-mail us at hawgwash1@yahoo.com. This book has not been posted on our website, but we can tell you more about it if you are interested. Take care.
Until Tomorrow - New Year's Eve.......
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