About this time of year, we realize that the end of the year is just around the corner. (How did that happen so fast?) It’s time to Prepare for the New Year.
When you think of preparing for the new year, do you imagine creating a detailed vision of for your business? And then a plan with your offers, your income projections, and your marketing calendar?
A lot of entrepreneurial end-of-year reviews and visioning events focus on claiming a big vision for the year ahead. Then they developing the plan to make that happen – financial goals, calendars, resources, additional support, marketing, timelines, launches, etc.
To prepare for the new year set your bold goals and get all the pieces spelled out in your plan. Then you can then work your plan, month-by-month, to meet your goals for the year.
Please note:
- This process may be viable if you want to keep doing what you’ve been doing in 2023. To forecast your 2024 goals, you must have proof, experience, and financials to use for reference.
- If you have a new business or anticipate evolving your existing business next year, this big-vision-with-a-detailed-plan approach will not work well. I'll share why this is true in upcoming emails in this series.
This Kind of Big Picture Planning Has Never Felt Right to Me
I've always felt uneasy setting detailed high-level goals for my business. This was especially during phases when my business was new or my work was in a state of evolution. If I tried to prepare the traditional big picture plan, I would hear the following questions in my head:
- How do I know where my emerging or evolving business will be in a year?
- How do I know what other life events will enter into my life and impact my capacity for my business?
- How do I know how quickly or slowly my new work will grow?
At times I felt like I was just making up target numbers and dreaming up packages and pricing that would get me to the numbers I wanted or needed to reach. I had no way of knowing whether I could reach those goals or whether the packages would appeal to my clients.
Fast forward to the end of the year: If I “missed” my (made up) goals, I felt like I had failed, which didn’t help my confidence level one bit!
Creating Your Momentum For 2024 — The Organic Way
Generally, Change Catalysts want to create a new level of momentum. This may show up in their business, their work with clients, and the income their business generates or the number of people they are able to touch with their work.
In my upcoming Clear Your Path to 2024 retreat, I invite you to focus on your starting point for 2024. With the help of a specific process, you prepare the foundation needed to support the levels of momentum you desire.
What you focus on for 2024 depends on where you are right now: where you are clear, where you feel uneasy, and where you sense something is missing.
With this intimate understanding of your business, your work and your business will show you what is next for you to do. Ideas you’ve never thought of will appear and be right in sync with where you want to go with your business.
There’s no breathless, frantic push to make your numbers to meet your plan. Instead, a gentle quickening shows you the new elements of your work that are ready to bring into focus and form.
In the coming blog posts, I will be sharing more details about how to prepare for the New Year the Organic Way, which is quite different from the Mainstream Approach.
Join me for the Third Annual Retreat to prepare for the new year:
Clear Your Path to 2024
Create and Nurture Organic Momentum for You, Your Life, and Your Business
Registration is now open!
I will facilitate this virtual retreat two times this season. You choose the date that works best for you.
Friday, December 8
10:00 - 2:30 Pacific |
1:00 - 5:30 Eastern
OR
Friday, January 12
10:00 - 2:30 Pacific |
1:00 - 5:30 Eastern
All sessions will be recorded. If you are unable to attend all of the sessions live, you are welcome to attend those that fit your schedule and then listen to the recordings of the sessions you missed.
If your schedule or circumstances don’t align with these dates, you are welcome to register to create your own self-guided retreat experience with recordings of the live retreat.
Two Registration Options
- Register for One: $80
- Register with a Change Catalyst* Colleague or Classmate: $100 for Two
* Change Catalysts use their finely tuned sensitivity, intuition, creativity, and empathic nature as the basis for their heart-felt work with clients who are in the process of creating the life they desire while moving through significant transitions.
Learn more about the Organic Way by reading this eBook: Discover a New Path Forward: A Gentle, Encouraging Way to Create and Grow a Viable Business