Instead of writing your goals in the future, write them in the past tense, as if you’d already accomplished them. For example:<\/p>\n
– “I built my list of qualified prospects to over 5,000.”<\/p>\n
– “I increased sales per client by 50%.”<\/p>\n
– “I reduced my per lead costs by $50.”<\/p>\n
– “I automated my business so I can finally work only 4 days a week.”<\/p>\n
See the difference? When you list your goals as accomplishments, you trick your mind into believing you’re already there. Instead of anticipating all the effort required and all the obstacles between you and your goals, visualize yourself already where you want to be. It gives you the mindset you need for success.<\/p>\n
What’s the first step to success in 2008?<\/span><\/p>\n List the personal and business goals you’ll have reached by this time next year. Be specific. Instead of “I want to make more money” or “I want to work less”, write down goals like, “I increased my take home pay last year by $200,000.” Or “I outsourced all my administrative functions of my business and took 6 weeks of vacation to travel with my wife.”<\/p>\n Do this right now, before you read any further. Make a list of your accomplishments for this coming year. The act of writing them down and sharing them tricks your brain into making a commitment to reach them.<\/p>\n It’s the difference between thinking you’d like to take your spouse on a trip to Hawaii, and actually telling her you’ll be taking her there next December. Once you’ve told your spouse or children you’re taking a vacation together, you’ve made a commitment to them and yourself. The same is true of your business goals.<\/p>\n Now you need an action plan to meet your goals. Start by answering the following questions.<\/p>\n 1 – What do you need to do to reach each of your goals? A system for growing your business? >><\/a><\/p>\n To close more sales? >><\/a><\/p>\n A web site that converts visitors to buyers? >><\/a><\/p>\n 2 – What knowledge and skills are required? 3 – What kind of advice do you need? 4 – What administrative tasks will you need help with? If you want 2008 to be more successful than 2007, think differently and plan differently. You may need fresh marketing ideas<\/a> and different skills; to find new partners or associates, a better ways to organize your business and even a mentor.<\/p>\n Instead of making resolutions for the New Year, implement these marketing ideas<\/a> and define what you’ll have achieved twelve months from now, and by that time you’ll have reached your goals. A simple strategy, but it works by creating a mindset of success that will last all year long.<\/p>\n
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