All right, it's January 5th, which means I'm late to establish resolutions for the New Year. Off the top of my head here they are in no particular order:
1. Start exercising
2. Roll out 3 new workshops on Sales Improvement, Marketing Mastery, Work/Life Balance for Education Professionals
3. Blog 3x a week no matter what
4. Create a Facebook company page
5. Raise my income by 3x
6. Get certified as a Guerrilla Marketing Coach
7. Get my son potty-trained and in to preschool (hey, this is the Build and Balance blog)
8. Follow my task management system consistently
9. Follow up on ALL leads within 72 hours
10. Follow through on ALL commitments within the agreed upon timeframe OR don't make the commitment to begin with
11. Become a darned good inbound marketer
All right, there's 11. But here's the deal. I typically don't make resolutions at the beginning of the year. Why? Because I believe in ongoing goal setting all year long. I push my clients to do it, and I do it. Therefore, most of these resolutions were made already.
Also, I don't expect to drop most of them within a few weeks as we often hear people do. OK, maybe the exercise one. (Don't tell my ex-personal trainer!) I just got the highest rating on health for my age from a major life insurance co. so I'm not doing too bad in the health area though I probably am eating too much processed food.
So, my suggestion on all this as a business coach is to forget about adopting resolutions or goals at the beginning of the year only and take it up as an 'all the time' thing and watch your results soar this year.
In case you did make resolutions and would like to learn proven ways to better keep them, I recommend you attend a free seminar in Foster City, CA tomorrow night presented by Leo Hirsch of Positive Outcome Coaching. He's a knowledgeable colleague. I'll be there.
