Set in Stone

13th February 2014

I have recently had an event in my life which has caused me to take a step back and think more about what is important in life, and what doesn’t really matter so much. After all you never know when misfortune could strike, so it is important to live for the day, and make sure that you don’t miss out.

I like to think that by and large I do live life to the full, but I suppose as I have become older it has become easier and easier not to do things, rather than get out of my comfort zone, and before you know it, you can find yourself drifting quietly along, but not necessarily accomplishing much. My children are now growing up and gradually leading their own lives more and more, and it is so important to grab all the opportunities that you can with your close family before it becomes too late.

So short term we immediately relooked at our year’s budgets to see what we might have to do to allow us an extra holiday with our children. Identifying a destination, and then looking at the costs, and then putting the figures in the cash flow budget, immediately makes it more defined. Now it is a question of working out who to target and how to ensure that we convert enough new business to make it all happen. But at least it is in “tablets of stone” now, and the chances of us achieving this are far higher than just by thinking about it, and wishing it might happen.

At the risk of becoming repetitive, writing things down (goals in all walks of life) is always a good thing. I was sitting next to a lady at a networking meeting this morning, who assured me that she was going to be really pushing for new business in February. I asked her if she had written down her ideal target profile, so she could know where to find them, and she said that it was in her mind who she was looking for. Of course most of us will feel that is sufficient, but I’m prepared to bet that those of us who write things down in terms of actions and targets, are far more likely to achieve them, than those who don’t.

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