FROM THE BUSINESS COACH
MIKE HILDERBRAND BS MBA Owner | Managing Partner M . B . Hilderbrand Associates LLC Business Consulting | Coaching
Have You Accomplished EVERYTHING YOU PLANNED ?
Guess what ? In less than 100 days it will
be 2021 ! Will anyone else out there be glad when this crap-storm of a year is finally over ? As business owners , we have all faced unprecedented challenges in our business and personal lives this year from the pandemic , the weather , wildfires , political gyrations , etc . Whatever your current circumstances as we enter Q4 , it ’ s time to start to refocus and plan for NEXT year .
How many of you have accomplished everything you planned to over the last three months ? I ’ m quite confident every one of you would say you didn ’ t , that something happened to knock you off course towards one or more of your goals . You have all sorts of reasons , most of them legitimate . The economy went south , team members were furloughed , you were ill , or you got insanely busy . Whatever it is , something happened to cause you to not accomplish what you set out to do . As a business coach , I would have to take exception and tell you that you did meet your plans . The problem is , once an obstacle occurred , perhaps you changed the goal instead of changing the plan of how to get to your goal . Did you really WANT to meet your goal ? Did you really PLAN to meet your goal or were you going to meet your goal only if everything went as planned ? Say , for example , your plan is to drive to the Hill Country for a week of vacation . As you start out on your trip , you find out a key road is closed . Do you turn around and head home ? Why of course not . You don ’ t give up on your goal . You make a new plan , Stan ! You find a detour , another route to your destination . Yes , it ’ s inconvenient and may cause you a couple hours delay , but you make the sacrifice . The week vacation goal is too important .
Now let ’ s say , for example , on your way there you find out that a wildfire is raging out of control and the entire area is being evacuated . What do you do now ? In this case , you probably will plan to turn around and head home . Why ? The goal of going to the Hill Country for vacation is not as big a goal as keeping your family safe .
That ’ s OK . You took ownership and responsibility for the results you wanted to achieve . You consciously changed your plans and goals . You no longer planned to go to the Hills . Unfortunately , most plans are not changed for a bigger goal . Instead when circumstances happen requiring us to make changes , we negotiate with ourselves by using excuses and reasons to justify not accomplishing the BIG goals we have in our business and life . Remember : successful people focus on the results . Unsuccessful people focus on the process . Make this a successful quarter , set your goals for next year , and plan for an awesome 2021 !
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