Goal Settings tips for Small Businesses

This past two months Assault has been nearly radio silent. After reading a post by Seth Godin on goals We realized that part of that reason we had slacked off was because we didn’t have any clear immediate goals in front of us. We met, and exceeded all of our 6 month goals for Assault and even most of our 1 year goals, but we didn’t have any new goals for 2009, and we decided to revise our goals. We’ve been doing just okay in the sales department and we decided it was time to take what we have and move it to the next level. Here’s what Seth Godin had to say about goals:

If you don’t have a goal (a corporate goal, a market share goal, a personal career goal, an athletic goal…) then you can just do your best. You can take what comes. You can reprioritize on a regular basis. If you don’t have a goal, you never have to worry about missing it. If you don’t have a goal you don’t need nearly as many excuses, either.

Not having a goal lets you make a ruckus, or have more fun, or spend time doing what matters right now, which is, after all, the moment in which you are living.

It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact… those people have goals.

Since restructuring our goalswe’ve been more productive in blogging, researching printing equpiment, and doing new designs for our next line of clothing for Spring.

Quick Tips for your Goals

1. Set goals that are just barely out of reach, you’ll try harder that way
   
2. Print them out and put them in your wallet, closet, locker, and desk so you don’t forget them
   
3. Cross them out as you go, trust me it helps when you feel like you’re doing nothing
4. If you’re in a partnership like we are, split your tasks up and assign them to who they are most relevant to
5. If you haven’t, bookmark or subscribe to Seth Godin’s RSS feed, he gives great insight no matter what industry or business you’re in.
   

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Tim is the co-owner of Assault, and tends to think he can party twice as hard as anyone. Follow him on twitter @assault
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