Resolutions for the New Year
The New Year is always the time when we reflect on ourselves and our businesses. I sat down today to think about my New Years Resolutions and my web design business. I looked up New Years Resolutions and “web designâ€. Clicking through link after link I came upon blog and article after blog and article. Many of them talked about working on their websites, making more profit. One article at the San Francisco Chronicle website entitled Tips for small-business owners making New Year’s resolutions caught my eye. While it’s not geared specifically towards web design it was certainly a good article. It started with the usual eye catching examples which I’ll let you read up on your own. It’s the main points that really made it stand out to me today.
Limits
The article gave a list of things you should consider when you’re writing your resolutions. The first one is to limit the number of resolutions. That wasn’t hard to do. I ended up with 6 resolutions. Maybe a bit more than I had intended to have at first but then one of the other tips forced me to setup 6 resolutions.
Business Vs. Personal
The deciding tip was to make your business and personal resolutions at the same time so they don’t compete. I thought about this really hard. The balance between work and family/friends is something that must be maintained to sustain a healthy life. As any small business owner will tell you “It’s not easy” but you do have to do it. None of us can spend all day at the computer working or on the phone planning. We have to balance our lives. Let’s just remember “We work to live not live to work”.
Being Specific
A lot of us make plans to “Make More Money†in the New Year. How much more? The key is to be specific. I seriously had to think about how much I could make beyond what I made in 2007. You need to be realistic. You also need to challenge yourself. Think about how much you work now and how you want to work this year. You should also be thinking about how much your skills have improved since 2006. Find some specific number that is reachable, challenges you and fits into your schedule. Of course money isn’t the only resolution on my list but we all agree “Make More Money†is one of the top business resolutions.
No plan is a plan to fail
To succeed we must plan for it. Web designers do it all the time as they write proposals for clients. We plan for our business when we start it. New Years Resolutions are just another way to plan for our success. Listing the steps and your timetables is a great way to get motivated. I am fairly good at making future plans but not daily plans so I made a daily plan for myself. This will give me a chance to stick to it. I can chip away at my resolutions day by day. You should use whatever system works for you and your business whether it’s day by day, month to month, or by setting deadlines.
Review Your Progress
This is probably one of the most important things you can do. We all know how easy it is to forget our resolutions each year. How many have you succeeded at losing weight? In order for your business plans to work you have to review your progress. Every few days or months you should have something to pat yourself on the back. You’ll also need to be able to adjust your plans if they are not working.
So what plans have you made for 2008?
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