As the holidays come barreling toward us, it’s easy to lose focus and just slide. You may close the office early, take days off, not prospect for new clients, not keep up with daily business-building tasks. That will not bode well for starting 2020 off strong. We have tips for how to finish 2019 strong — believe me when I say, your competitors will be working hard to finish strong. Shouldn’t you?
We understand, between shopping for gifts, getting caught up in holiday parties and the lack of most formal meetings during the month of December, it’s easy to think “everyone is taking time off.” Don’t fall into that mindset. It doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the holiday season, but it does mean you don’t want to stop making forward progress.
How To Finish 2019 Strong
Here are ways to finish the year strong. Don’t kick off the new year at a deficit.
- Stay focused on your long term goals. Spend a few minutes at the end of each day going over what you’ve completed. Also, plan the next day so you jump in strong rather than floundering around wondering what you will complete that day.
- Take breaks. Just because you’re working doesn’t mean you need to work nonstop. Build in breaks for lunches with friends, to go shopping, to come in late or leave early. Just don’t give up and take every day off between now and the first of the year.
- Spend time in your planning for the new year. What do you want to accomplish? What new products or services do you want to launch? What do you want to stop providing or selling? How can you make forward progress? Now gauge your 2019 success. What went well? What do you want to do more of? What did you try that didn’t work? Is it worth reexamining the experiments that didn’t quite pan out?
The week between Christmas and New Years’ is generally a time when entrepreneurs slow down and spend that time in reflection and future planning. What will you do to end the year strong and jump into 2020 with a fire in your belly? Let us know!