Last week, we started talking about yearly planning.  Did you draft your 2012 success vision yet?  If not, what are you waiting for??

2012 Success Vision
Click here if you missed last week’s message.  At the beginning of each year, I encourage you to create a new success vision.  We talked about making sure your success vision included all aspects of your life….not just your business.  Here are the recommended categories:

• Business
• Professional Development (how are you going to grow into the business woman and expert that you want to become?)
• Family and Relationships
• Health and Wellness
• Personal Growth (how are you going to grow into the person you want to become, full of life and fun hobbies?)
• Faith and Inspiration
• Finances
• Community and Making a Difference

Examples
Are you unsure what your vision descriptors may look like?  Here are some examples:

• Business: I’m profiting $4,000 a month in my business and I’ve reached the Elite Executive level.  I’ve built a team of 30 women who are sharp, supportive of each other and fun!
• Personal Growth:  I’ve started back up with my oil-painting classes and I’m having so much fun.  It’s such a relaxer for me and I’ve met lots of new friends.
• Family and Relationships: My husband and I have date night at least two times a month….just the two of us.  It’s been great to reconnect again.  Our marriage is stronger than ever and we’re truly each other’s best friends.
• Finances: I know exactly what is coming in and out of our family finances.  Each month, we create a spending plan to live by.  We’ve utilized an on-line tool, which has made this easy.  We’re feeling financial peace and it feels great! 

Quarterly Goals
After you have your year’s success vision, I encourage you to sit down with yourself for 30 minutes at the start of every quarter and create quarterly goals.  Your goals are going to include the work necessary to achieve your year’s success vision.  (This is mile-marker #8 in the accountability packages.)

I walk my clients through creating a new set of twelve goals each quarter.  They chunk down their vision and make it much more tactical.  I ask them to tell me which two of the eight categories need their most immediate focus and priority over the next three month.  In those two categories, I ask them to create three goals each.  In each of the other six categories, I ask them to create one goal.  This gives them a total of 12 goals for the quarter.

When writing your goals, keep a couple of things in mind:

• Write them as if they’ve already been accomplished
• Use positive language
• Be real specific (You should clearly be able to know if you were able to achieve the goal or not)
• Set a deadline

So in using one of the example above, the success vision described where you want to be a year from now:

Finances: I know exactly what is coming in and out of our family finances.  Each month, we create a spending plan to live by.  We’ve utilized an on-line tool, which has made this easy.  We’re feeling financial peace!

So you’ll ask yourself (when creating your goals), “what can I do in the next quarter (in Jan/Feb/March) to get one step closer to achieving my year’s vision?”  A quarterly goal may look like this:

• I’ve selected an on-line financial tool and I’ve entered in all of our key financial information by Feb. 28.

Get the idea?  Now you try.  Finish up your year’s success vision.  And then create your twelve goals for Jan/Feb/March.  Don’t hesitate to ask me any questions! (clare@dreamunlimited.org)

Next week, we’re going to talk about how to keep your year’s success vision and quarterly goals always front and center in your mind so that we make them happen!

Cheering you on,
Clare ~ Your Accountability Coach
www.dreamunlimited.org

Giving you a kick in the skirt to keep you encouraged and on task…