Scattered. Unfocused. Overwhelmed. Bored. Sound familiar?

 

January brings reflection and new determination to do things differently, particularly where our business practices are concerned. We get off to an energized start only to peter out and fall into the same old routines. An agent in my office says she feels like a “whirling dervish” most of the time. She has the best of intentions but can’t get a handle on what she really wants, so jumps from task to task hoping she’ll find a fulfilling direction.

 

Consider a more focused approach for 2014 and actually start with the vision of what you’d like to achieve or accomplish, and then chart your course.

 

The first step is to create a vision board which will provide a connection to what you truly want and create a more focused state of mind for your actions. Take a quiet moment or two to ponder what makes you excited or browse through some magazines to get yourself started. You might find  there’s been a shift in what matters to you that you hadn’t consciously realized. I just spoke with a friend who recently returned from a lovely two week voyage to find that she now only wants to travel  with a purpose to contribute to the area where she is traveling. Perhaps you could apply this concept to your business plan; you’d like to contribute more to your community.

 

Let yourself think outside the box to tap into some fresh actions or concepts to recharge your personal life and your business practices. Once you identify your visions, find some pictures illustrating what they are and assemble a board as a reminder. If you actually have a tangible vision of your goals, values and priorities for the year ahead you’ll refer back to it and create a concrete action plan. It becomes a way of organizing your time and is a coach in tracking your progress.