It’s almost the end of the year. Which means it’s time to start thinking about what your business is going to look like next year. And that means setting goals. But it’s possible that you may be making the mistake of not setting goals for your business in the right way. You may even be guilty of being in these two extremes of goal-setting which are:

• Aspirations or “manifesting” approach – make lofty goals; think of your wildest dreams
• To-do list approach – goals are a list of actions you want to do instead of outcomes you want to achieve

If you set your goals this way – you’re doing it wrong. You’re just turning them into a list of all the things you wish you have time for. In this week’s episode, we’re going to challenge these flawed approaches with a new goal-setting approach, which is strategic goal-setting. This comprises outcomes and the related action steps you’re going to take in order to achieve them.

Also, before you go about setting strategic goals, here are some of the mental shifts that you need to take: 

• Shift 1: I don’t know what’s realistic.
• Shift 2: I don’t want to fail.
• Shift 3: I don’t have time.
• Shift 4: I know my plans will change.
• Shift 5: I don’t have any control over the outcomes.

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