Key Strategy – Review and Revise to Stay on Track

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If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. ~Lawrence J. Peter

We’re entering the home stretch of the calendar year and the fiscal year for most of us. This is a good time to review and revise how far you’ve come and how you’d like to finish up your year. Consider this a check-point of sorts. Where do you stand on each of your goals? What kind of progress have you made both personally and professionally? Are you on track to finish the year where you want to be or do you need to do some revision?

Let’s get real. You are not going to be able to make up a year’s worth of effort in one quarter. If you’ve been slacking or got sidetracked by life’s demands, accept it and move on. You can only do what you can do.  Let it go and focus instead on what you can do over the next three months to move forward in your life or work success. The most important part of that is updating your “map.”

You have to know where you’re going in order to figure out how to get there.

Where am I on this goal or project?

Can I realistically achieve the desired result in the allotted time?

Do I need to revise either the outcome or the timetable?

What concrete actions need to be taken over the next three months?

Where can I get some help?

Why am I doing this anyway?

Once you have answered the basic questions, you have a destination or goal in front of you. Now it’s time to flesh out your “map.” Decide what specific actions need to be taken or habits need to be cultivated. Now get going! You still have time, but you have to make it count.

Lucky for you, we are going to be talking about habits in October!