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How To Complete Your Goals With Ease

Guest post by: Lisa Murray

Article Overview: Are you struggling with a target you have set, or finding you just aren’t making any progress on a project that’s important to your business success? The bigger the dream, the harder it can be to get moving… Here’s a few simple tips that will make today productive for you!

How To Complete Your Goals With Ease

Are you struggling with a target you have set, or finding you just aren’t making any progress on a project that’s important to your business success? The bigger the dream, the harder it can be to get moving… Here’s a few simple tips that will make today productive for you!

1. Keep a list of current projects and scan them daily… which ones require your attention?
2. For each project, break it down into doable bites (yes, this is where you eat the elephant one bite at a time). Seriously, that little bit of planning at the start will make you and your business so much more productive!!
3. Set aside ‘project time’ when you work on the important parts of your business.
4. Commit to completing one ‘next step’ before you go onto another bright shiny new object… we all get tempted but the most successful business owners are those that actually complete their growth projects!
5. You can often do 5 – 10 simple ‘next steps’ within 30 minutes if you focus – what would it take to make progress on a number of projects today?

Your ‘next step’ can be as simple as a phone call, a web page for your project or responding to a client request. You can make it more complex if you like, but mostly I find simple is best – it’s often easiest to do too! (e.g. ‘learn about business finances’ is way too broad, but ‘choose three metrics to measure weekly in my business’ is a lot more manageable!)

For best results, mix a clear vision, some focused time and some very specific actions. ‘What’s next?’ will soon become your favourite daily question!

Most importantly, if you really are stuck and don't even know what to do next, find someone to talk to! Another brain in the equation often clears the path in moments... how many hours have you wasted so far? (BTW, that's another good reason to have a business coach - you have advice and ideas on tap from an experienced business person!) How does it get better than that?

What are you going to commit to doing today that will move your most important project forward?

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Article Tags: business goals, business success, productivity, small business



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