The fun of the holiday and new year is finally starting to wear off as we’re now fully immersed into 2023.
A new year has the potential for many new and exciting things in life. Whether it’s personal or professional goals, one of the best ways to get yourself on track for a successful year is through goal setting. This helps you set up a plan for yourself and where you want to be, track your progress throughout the year, and evaluate how things shake out at the end.
Here at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, we’re fans of goal setting and often encourage our teams to set goals for themselves in their professional careers. Whether it’s aiming to move into a new position, completing specific skillset training for a current role, or sharpening skills to advance in a position elsewhere, goal setting can go a long way to map out a plan of where you want to go.
Here are five useful goal setting tips we’ve learned over the years!
Write down those goals!
It may seem simple, but this is a great place to start with getting things on track. This brings your 2023 ideas to life and gets them out in the open. We’ve found that putting these ideas from pen to paper can get you in the right mindset. Whether it’s in a journal, notebook, or whiteboard, this is a good first step in identifying those thoughts.
Build out progress points throughout the year
No goals are achieved over night – it takes time to build and accomplish them. Setting yourself up with different progress points throughout the year will help you stay on track and keep you motivated.
Share your goals
A solid support system is crucial to helping you achieve personal and professional goals, and you can get this by sharing your goals with those closest to you. It can be friends or family, as letting someone else know about the plans you have built for yourself will give you an extra voice of encouragement and support.
Monitor your progress
As we mentioned above, completing goals doesn’t happen over night. It takes time, dedication, and the willingness to see things through. If you spend too much time thinking about how you haven’t completed what you’ve set out to do, you might find yourself getting discouraged and thrown off track.
Review the progress you’re making as you go and take pride in the progress being made. It’s a grind, but it will be rewarding in the end.
Celebrate your achievements!
When the time comes where you have completed the goals you have set for yourself, it’s time to celebrate! Don’t just cross it off a list you’ve made – go out and actually celebrate this accomplishment, as it’s a big deal to set up new goals for a year and see them all the way through. Hard work needs to be acknowledged!
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