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As we enter the month of December each year, we often wonder where the year has gone, how quickly it has passed and what we did or did not accomplish. He end of each year finds us thinking about holidays, gifts, parties and friends, as well as the closing out of another business year. The end of the year is a time to look back on the previous year and look forward to the next.
And while reflecting on the past year, Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach would like to suggest that you take time to remember and to give thanks for the great things that happened in your business. And to build on all of the positive things that you accomplished this past year and carry that positive momentum into next year.

Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach would also like to advise you to take time to think about what you would like to do different in the next year. Now is a very good time to look at the lessons learned from any mistakes that you might have made and apply those lessons learned to correct past mistakes.

The end of the year is also the time to review and update the elements of your strategic plan and business plan; set your goals for the new year and develop and commit to an action plan to achieve the goals. If you use a strategic thinking approach to your planning, you will not wait to plan your integrated marketing communications activities, since it usually takes at least thirty days to develop a plan. If you wait to get started, it may be February or March before the plan is in action and you will have lost a couple months of opportunities.

Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach strongly recommends that you set aside some time for yourself to help rejuvenate, re-energize and re-focus for the New Year in business. Start the New Year with an arsenal filled with energy, strategic thinking and planning and a clear vision of what and where you want your business to be. The following are what I believe are some golden keys to unlock your potential for achieving success in business and life in 2009 and beyond.

1. Be Passionate about your business and what you love to do. Your passion will help you remain motivated and will foster creativity.

2. Be Open-minded and be prepared to step outside of your comfort zone.

3. Become or continue to be a Life-Long Learner.

4. Create a Business & Personal Strategic Plan with a vision, mission, guiding principles and goals.

5. Increase your Interpersonal Skills to the highest possible level.

6. Increase your Verbal and Written Communication Skills to the highest possible level.

7. Be committed to success.

To use the golden keys mentioned above one needs to have some help. I believe that each of us can use some help from time to time and that help can come through a coach. Your coach can certainly help you work with those golden keys. To illustrate what I mean, let’s look at some of the benefits you will receive from engaging the concept of “coaching to success.” Your coach and the coaching process will:

1. Help you see the bigger picture and help you expand your frame of reference on business and life.

2. Help you develop your business and personal vision.

3. Help you develop short & long term goals to reach your vision.

4. Hold you accountable and keep you on track to reach your goals and vision.

5. Expand your thinking and become more open to new ideas.

6. Encourage you and buildup your self-confidence.

7. Help you hone critical thinking skills and learn to think strategically.

8. Provide a safe and confidential forum and environment for discussion of your challenges, concerns, problems, etc.

9. Help you improve your life’s balance of work and play.

10. Develop a professionally personalized coaching program for success, specially designed for you.


Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach encourages you to use the end of the year to reflect on the past year and to build on all the positive things that you accomplished this past year and carry that positive momentum into the New Year!

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