What Do You Want to Do in 2014?

Well, you made it through the holidays and survived another Christmas selling season. Congratulations. Now the question is, “What are you going to do in 2014?”

If you were happy with 2013, chances are you’ll continue to do what you’ve always done, which will likely get you what you’ve always gotten. But if you want to change things around and make improvements, it’s going to take some time, energy, and planning to get the job done.

I suggest you take a few days off and get away from your normal routine. Consider taking your spouse, business advisor and/or top staff with you. Create a setting or environment suitable for dreaming a little. Release your inhibitions and think outside of the box. Ask questions that stimulate thinking and discussion. Questions like:

– Are we happy with how we ended 2013?

– What might be holding us back from achieving greater success?

– What personal and professional goals can we set to take us to another level?

– How are we going to get to where we want to go?

– What resources do we need to accomplish our vision?

As a friend of mine often says: We tend to over-estimate what we can accomplish in one year and under-estimate what we can accomplish in three to five years. That’s why it’s important to think and plan realistically, but without restraint on what can be done over a longer period of time.

So, what do you want to do in 2014? Take some time to think and plan it out. If you need some help, let me know.

Change

Change is the most persistent challenge in business — and in life. Rapid increases in technology require an almost universal quest and need to adapt to change. But making a decision to change can be as important as the process of change itself. A transition needs to take place.

Transition is an intellectual, emotional, and psychological shift in thinking — a sort of inner transformation. There can be no change without a transition in thinking, and there can be no growth without change. Change is never easy because it is always accompanied by some degree of fear or loss.

If you need to consider a major change in business, now is the time to do it. It could be the most important decision you make this year.

Here are a few Business & Life Tips to think about…..

Business Tips:

• Focus on what is important, not just urgent. If it is both important and urgent, it becomes your top priority.
• It is important to get off to a good start on a project, venture, activity, or life itself, but it is far more important to finish well.
• The trick to success in life, and leadership, is not getting what you want; it’s liking what you’ve got after you get it.

Life Tips:

• To move from success to significance in life, you have to make a shift from helping yourself to helping others.
• Don’t listen to people who claim you can’t do something. They try to limit your potential. Dream and think BIG.
• Take the restrictions of life — challenges, problems, and turmoil — to see where opportunities lie. Defy the restriction and succeed.

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