Regardless of Your Age, Young or Old,

You Must Set Goals For Your Business

Milton Paris

It’s that time of year again! Yes, for shopping, giving, and celebrating, but also for reflection, taking stock, and drafting our resolutions for 2022. Did you write your resolutions last year? If so, have you fulfilled your goals as you envisioned them last December? I’m about to ask my friends the same questions. While I know I will have a fair share of positive responses, I also know I will be hearing some excuses. Many business owners, managers, salespeople, and entrepreneurs can be expected to offer variations on the following excuses: 

I started, but I did not reach the goals I set for myself. I procrastinated in achieving my goals, and here it is the end of the year! I started too late to think of my goals. I wrote my goals down, got involved with another project, and never looked at my list. The goals I set for myself were out of reach, so I got discouraged and quit trying.  

Now’s the time to pull out the list of resolutions you wrote last year and see if you made any headway on achieving them. If you did, congratulations! Let’s move on to building on those goals to even greater achievements! If not, it’s not too late to reassess your goals and strategies to try again, excuse-free! Here is an iron-clad program to help you reach your goals in 2022. Let’s make this year successful! Are you ready? Get your pen and pad and try the following:

• Be Specific

• Make your goals reachable

• Be positive

• Choose a time frame to reach each goal

• Purchase a large size wall calendar for your office and a pocket calendar (or your smart phone) and write on each month when you feel you can achieve your goal. For example, if you are a salesperson on commission and your income goal for 2022 is $200,000, write on the calendar how much commission you would have to make each week. 

• If you want to purchase a new car by a certain month, mark it on your calendar.  Even if you have to work overtime or harder, just do it.

I have followed this program all my life and it has always helped me to achieve my goals, but we all know just making a list is not enough. Achieving our goals requires the right virtues, values, and chutzpah. Author Jim Owen, who appears in Cowboy magazines I subscribe to, lays out several virtues that can be beneficial to achieving your resolutions in “The Code of the West.”  Here are just a few.

The Code of The West by Jim Owen

• Take Pride In Your Work

• Be Tough, but Fair

• When You Make a Promise, Keep It!

Milton J. Paris, President Getting Ahead in Business, Sales and Marketing Consultant, Management Coach, Motivational Speaker and Radio Host brings a wealth of experience to the table as a result of building businesses for the past 50 years. He has coached/consulted CEO’s, Presidents, entrepreneurs, salespeople and start-ups.

Milton’s insights and philosophy have also helped people and their business results. Milton travels with salespeople to visit potential clients. This is all to be accomplished within an environment that puts a premium on taking personal responsibility for results.

No company is too small or too large for him to achieve rapid results in their business development. Milton for the past 15 years has been the host of Getting Ahead in Business on Fox Sports New Jersey 93.5/1450am every Sunday at 11:00am. The only business radio talk show in New Jersey.

Listen to Milton, but most important make an appointment with him to make 2021/2022 a banner year!

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH MILTON ON BOARD!

Any business questions e-mail Milton : milton@gettingaheadinbusiness.com