​You know the ones, Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely (or similar variations). So why do they suck when 'everyone' is telling us it is a great tool to get things done, to put them on the achieved pile?

Well it has been a while since I posted a blog and since it is that funny time of year between Christmas and New Year I thought now would be a good time to get some of my plans for 2017 underway. I hope you all had and are still to have a lovely festive season spending some quality time with not just your friends and family but with yourself.

January is always a good time of year to plan out what goals you want to achieve...

New Year is a time of reflection... January is a time for planning. Have you figured out what goals you would like to achieve? Have you figured out what goals you will or need to achieve?

Irrespective of whether you have your 2016 goals laid out yet (personally and professionally) I'm sure you'll find value in spending 5-10 minutes reading this blog, my business coach mentors - it also gives you a couple helpful tools in there including a downloadable template and an online questionnaire

The System to Achieve Your Goals in 2016

E-myth is a great source of free and paid for tools, which is why I chose to become a certified E-Myth Business Coach, if nothing else check out my review of the book that started it all... 

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I was gobsmacked at the simplicity of this article. Using the likes of the mighty Amazon to go 'Data-Mining' for the language that your ideal prospective customer might use, which in turn will help you to relate better, and ultimately make sales.

This article really struck a chord with me. I had been making a short set of videos with my friend Caroline (Elegant Originals of the textile artistry fame ;-) xx ) as we wanted to try something a little different while promoting other's businesses. I asked her about some of the things she had to get accomplish etc while getting her business off the ground.

For some time, Cheryl Pia was running her full service creative agency without direction—haphazardly moving from day-to-day...

​... without goals or a plan to grow. But her passion and re-commitment to her business changed everything. In the last two years, Cheryl’s nearly tripled her employees, expanded to three locations and enjoyed tremendous growth.
But first—she had to commit herself to embodying the role of CEO.