It’s hard to believe the first half of the year has already come and gone, but, the show must go on! We know you’re already racking your brain coming up with ways to improve both your business and your personal life, and we’re here to help. We’ve created an essential business tool for any entrepreneur with A Guide To Shine: Mid-Year Review Workbook (if you’re a member, you already have access just login)! The importance of a mid-year review cannot be overstated. Taking the time to assess where your business is compared to the beginning of the year and where you want it to be by the end of the year is a great way to keep everything in check. This tool gives you the opportunity to do that in fun, creative ways, and it also opens up your mind in various other aspects. The best part? You get to write it all down! Why is that important? Just take a look at the results of the study below:
Based on a study conducted on the 1979 Harvard MBA program, writing down you goals could be vital to your success! In the study, graduate students were asked “have you set clear, written goals for your future and made plans to accomplish them?” The results showed that only 3% had written goals and plans, 13% had goals that were not written down, and 84% did not have any goals. The same group of students was interviewed 10 years later, and you might be shocked by the results! As you might expect, the 13% who had goals that were not written down were earning twice the amount as the 84% who did not have any goals. However, the 3% who had written down their goals were earning, on average, ten times as much as the other 97% of the class combined!
Who couldn’t use a little extra inspiration? Whether you need it for yourself, or to give to someone else, we all need some help feeling inspired from time to time. We often don’t realize that one of the biggest reasons for feeling stuck is due to a lack of inspiration in our lives. It’s extremely important to take the time to do things and go places that inspire us so that we can constantly feel motivated and refreshed. A Guide To Shine: Mid-Year Review Workbook offers exercises that allow you the opportunity to find lost inspiration, gain new inspirations, and give some inspiration to other entrepreneurs like yourself!
If you’re anything like us, chances are you base the ‘success’ of a day on how productive you were. But what does productivity mean to you? Do you have some sort of system in place, or is it random based on each day? It can be quite eye-opening for us once we actually stop to think about our definition of productivity. Without a clear direction, how do we hold ourselves accountable?
What about the identity of your business? Does it even have one? If you can’t answer the first question without having to think for less than two seconds, then you may want to sit down and figure out exactly what message or feeling you want people to take away from your brand.
Then there are finances. We know; we dread them as much as you do. As important as it is, it’s easy to fall behind in the finances category, because we’re so focused on spreading the message of our brand. It is, however, key that we always have a grasp on the most basic elements of our finances so that we don’t fall behind and dig ourselves into a hole that will be difficult to get out of.
Fortunately, our workbook asks you questions and challenges you to open up your mind about the way you think of productivity, marketing, and finances in an effort to help both you as an individual, as well as your business!
When we make the decision to become an entrepreneur, we are also choosing to be a leader. Not just within our business, but in the world as a whole. The responsibilities we must assume are great, and at times overwhelming, but we welcome the challenges with open arms. We are faced with many tough decisions in many different areas, and sometimes we aren’t afforded the luxury of being able to contemplate them for long. Don’t let this be one of those tough decisions! Taking the time to complete A Guide To Shine: Mid-Year Review Workbook will create for you a quick reference for financial, personal, and business goals; a place to come to when you’re feeling uninspired and need an extra lift; and most importantly, you’ll have written goals to hold you accountable and keep you on track! So don’t wait any longer; start inspiring yourself today!