As a business coach, I have watched many, many business owners create, execute and achieve their business goals. They sometimes are a fast car but more often its goals for their family and goals for themselves personally. So what do they do with me that they can't do on their own?! Well, I'm like a personal trainer for them ... one workout at a time. The elephant goal, one bite at a time.
Most people have trouble transferring a big picture goal or monthly goal into “what do I need to do today”. So I help them. I had a past client that told his staff in their first year that the sales they needed each month was about $33,800. This allowed everyone to get paid, rent to be paid and the business to be healthy. This secured their job and the business. Then he did something many people miss. He broke it down for staff; “that means we need to sell $1228 a day and $141 an hour. If we do that, the business will succeed and so will you”. Their business had never broken even consistently but after that meeting all the staff started to focus on the numbers and consistently beat them. The owner heard staff saying, we were down last hour so we need to sell more this hour. They had a goal they could focus on every day and every hour.
When was the last time you look at some of your big goals and broke them into steps daily. Does that next vacation mean you need to put $1.28 away today? Are you losing pounds today or just ounces?! I have found reviewing my goals every week (with enthusiasm not impending doom!) and then looking and asking myself, what can I do this week or today? has made all the difference. There are very few things I have wanted in my life that haven't arrived. Sure, hard work is the first contributor, but a daily step towards each one was critical. Take a moment this week, have a coffee and review your goals for that next, simple step.
