This Growth Coach business coaching blog is dedicated to helping you take some key steps now to insure a prosperous 2010...for you, your business and your family. Your first priority for 2010, however, is to take FULL and COMPLETE responsibility for your 2009 results. That's right...no blaming, no excuses, no justifying. Own, study, and learn from your results...the good and the bad.
As a business owner, your business is where it is, what it is, and how it is because of YOU. To have a better New Year, you must first be accountable and responsible for Last Year. Don't try to ignore, forget or bury 2009 until you extract all the profitable lessons you can from some deeper examination. Get your team together, face reality, own 2009 results, decide to make some key changes, and then get busy taking new actions. Better results require better actions!
Here is some more valuable information to make 2010 a super year for you. The 7 simple but powerful actions listed below come from the business coaching blog of Glenn Smith, The Growth Coach, in Houston, Texas. He is a terrific writer and his coaching blogs always provide tremendous value. I regularly follow his coaching suggestions and so can you by going to http://thegrowthcoachhouston.blogspot.com . Also, you can follow Glenn on Twitter at http://twitter.com/coach4growth. If you are a business owner, executive, or self-employed professional in the Houston area, I highly recommend Glenn as a proven, top-notch business coach...he's also a terrific person you will like. His number is 281-841-6680.
Here's a re-broadcast of Glenn's recent business coaching blog:
As we wrap up 2009, let me encourage you to focus on 7 actions that you can take to make 2010 a great year.
1. Take responsibility. You are responsible for the direction of your business. The good, the bad, and the ugly, your business is what you have made it. The good news is that if you want it to be different in 2010, you have the power to do things differently, and thus get different results.
2. Face reality. Nobel Prize Winner Richard P. Feynman once said, "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." Be honest with yourself about what's working and what's not working in your business. Get clear on current reality.
3. Determine to overcome fear. Mark Twain said, "I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened." Don't let negative talk or a slow economy overwhelm you with anxiety. Commit to live with courage, and then take action to move your business forward this year.
4. Budget, budget, budget. I like to set quarterly budgets in my business with realistic cash flow projections. Remember, cash is king! Cash is to your business what fuel is to your car. Learn to operate by a budget to make sure you control expenses and do not run out of cash.
5. Work on yourself. Develop yourself as a business leader. Get some training, plug into a proven coaching program (like The Growth Coach 2-year Strategic Mindset Program), read, and work on your time management. Make yourself accountable to someone for personal and professional growth! Remember, if nothing changes in you, very little will change in your business.
6. Create a to-do list for the first week in January. Take action right away to move your business forward in 2010. What will you do the week of January 4th? Write it down NOW !!
7. Create a 2010 Business Growth Plan. Yogi Berra said, "If you don't know where you're going, any plan will do." However, if you take the time to get clear about your vision, and create a realistic, actionable plan, chances are that you will achieve your goals for 2010. Click here to find a Growth Coach near you to help you with professional development and to create a action-oriented growth plan.
Congratulations on making it through the challenges of 2009. You now have a golden opportunity to make 2010 a prosperous and dynamic year. But it will probably not happen without the right mindset and a good plan. Let an objective business coach help you succeed. ~ Glenn Smith, Growth Coach, Houston/Sugarland, Texas
Thanks for sharing Glenn. As your virtual business coach, let me also wish all my blog readers a prosperous, healthy, and fulfilling 2010. It's up to you...go make it happen.
Daniel M. Murphy
President, Founder and Business Coach
The Growth Coach
Business Coaching Franchise System
Certified Business Coaches throughout North America