Envisioning Success

Envision Your Success

Posted by Chris Shockley under General

Without sounding too touchy feely, and those who know me know that I am not into that semi-spiritualized business/self help philosophy kind of thing, one thing I want to encourage you to do is to think about the new year and imagine yourself more successful.

Envision it.

What does it look like? Do you have a new car, another machine that does whatever it is you need? A bigger warehouse?

I know if may seem silly, but if you cannot define what you are hoping to achieve, how will you ever get there? Just being hopeful that you might get more business is nice, but what about being bold and defining how much more business you’d like to have?

For one, just starting out, it might sound amazing, something like 3 times as many customers for another it’s 10% growth. Whatever it is, you will find specific value in writing it down and even telling someone.

By doing this, you are holding yourself accountable, yes, but you are also giving yourself a specific target, a goal to shoot for. This is vital. When we have something specific to achieve, we are far more likely to reach it. We are all like this, at least those of us bold enough to try.

Think about mountain climbers. Do they just start by walking around? Where are you going you ask? They say, “Not sure, just keepin on keepin on”. How successful do you think they’ll be? A silly example yes, but think about. Really think about. The climbers who scale mountains, plan for it, they tell people about it, they map it out, then they make decisions that support that goal every single day, and then, as they climb, the goal (the summit) is fixed in their minds and helps them overcome all hardships, pain and fatigue.

It is the same in your business and your life. You must have a concrete goal if you want to succeed. Heck, write it down and put it somewhere no one can see it if you think it’s silly or you’re embarrassed, at least you’ll be able to look at it.

So, as we approach our new year, Envision Your Success.