Are You 2012-Ready?
Leverage Your New Year’s Resolution for Better
Productivity and Business Success!
By
Terry H. Hill
The New Year is just a few days away and already some are having doubts
about their ability to stick to their resolutions. The problem with most
resolutions is that they start out good and strong, but eventually wane and
fade within a few weeks.
Yet, despite all that, a few individuals will actually succeed in changing their
habits and improving their lifestyle—permanently!
What is their secret? They take baby steps and avoid sudden or drastic changes. The most common reason New
Year’s Resolutions fail is that people try to do too much too soon. When we try to change too many things at
once, we tend to lose focus and energy.
Avoid making vague resolutions like “I’m going to improve my business!” While your intentions are good, you
need to be more specific about what part of your business you want to improve. You need to support your
resolution with a concrete action plan and employ a proven method for improving specific aspects of your
business.
Now, as an entrepreneur, you’re probably swamped with work. When you're running a small business, it's easy
to fall into the trap of thinking that you need to do everything at once. No wonder most people feel so tired and
worn out with no time left for other things!
Boost your productivity and improve the prospect of your small business by using these useful hints. Get
started on the right track in 2012:
1. Learn to delegate. Delegation not only allows you to have a healthy work-life balance, but perhaps more
importantly, it frees up a lot of your time for thinking and planning.
2. Stop procrastination. One of the main reasons we procrastinate is we find our task so overwhelming. The
key to overcoming this hurdle is break things down into smaller, more manageable steps.
3. Leverage the power of Business Planning:
a. It improves your organization's ability to adapt to unforeseen events.
b. It crystallizes your goals and objectives.
c. It ensures all your decisions are interrelated.
d. It helps your company keep its competitive edge.
e. It minimizes oversights and errors.
4. Learn something new every day. Learning something new -- whether it relates to your business or not --
will add to your skills and open up new opportunities and will add new dimensions to your life.
5. Embrace change. A lot of people are afraid of change. Change is inevitable! So, you might as well get
used to it. To help you become more accepting of change, try to do something new every month or every
quarter—a different kind of music, a new hairstyle or attend new networking events. Don’t be afraid to
experiment to see what works and what doesn’t.
Terry H. Hill is the Co-Founder of Training for Entrepreneurs.com. As a seasoned mentor/consultant, Terry provides in-depth instruction and expert guidance
for aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners. He is the Chief Business Mentor of the Work-Smart Group Mentoring Program.
http://www.trainingforentrepreneurs.com/mentoring-programs/work-smart-group
5 Steps for Making Your New Year’s Resolution Work for You:
1. Focus on one habit or skill at a time. This ensures that you can remain focused and are able to devote
the required time and energy to succeed.
2. Introduce changes gradually.
3. Try to make it fun and more interesting – it will seem less like work!
4. Start with the easy one’s first to ease you into the new habit or skill.
5. Seek support from relatives, friends, and colleagues. Find people who are supportive about your
resolutions and stay away from non-supportive people!
Ensuring the success of your New Year’s Resolutions -- boosting your personal productivity, improving time
management, and experimenting with related skills -- is possible for anyone to accomplish.
Most of us will need a little prompting, a little guidance at first. This is where participating in formal
productivity/time management programs such as Work-Smart Mentoring Program will help you accomplish your
goals.
The Work-Smart Online Mentoring Program is a comprehensive, step-by-step blueprint for becoming and
remaining super productive. This three-week blended learning program (weekly online mentoring sessions plus
daily productivity briefings) is designed to help you deal more effectively with the mechanics of becoming highly-
productive and will help you successfully establish an action plan that produces long-term sustainable results.
Terry H. Hill is the Co-Founder of Training for Entrepreneurs.com. As a seasoned mentor/consultant, Terry provides in-depth instruction and expert guidance
for aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners. He is the Chief Business Mentor of the Work-Smart Group Mentoring Program.
http://www.trainingforentrepreneurs.com/mentoring-programs/work-smart-group