Tomorrow I go to the mountaintop.
Since I live in Colorado, you may think I’m REALLY going to the mountaintop, but I’m referring to my process of taking time away from everything to set clear goals for myself.
Are you doing this on a regular basis? If not, start!
I’m pretty sure that anyone that knows me well would tell you that I don’t sit still much. I think my biggest fear in life is not doing all of the things I want to do, so setting clear goals is incredibly important. Taking a bit of clear-headed time to think about where you’ve been over the last few months, where you’d like to go in the next few months, and what you need to do to get there, is one of the most valuable exercises you can engage in. And it takes time. Yes, I could write a few goals down in 1/2 an hour at my office tomorrow, but I’d be robbing myself of the benefits of slowing down long enough to really think about what I want and getting myself fired up to get there.
Once you get good at this process yourself, the best thing in the world that you can do for your business is to teach the same process to your key employees. At Everon, everyone on our management team goes through this process each quarter and shares the results with all of the other managers.
This habit has created a great degree of clarity and communication within the team that has led to much more getting done much faster. Since we started doing it I am shocked that we ever made it without doing it!
So wherever you are, carve out some time to go to your mountaintop soon, and set some big goals that will propel you and your business forward.
MRC
