Want to design the breakthrough business year you truly want? If right now there is a gap between the business you have and the business you truly want then obviously you\u2019ve got work to do. Growth can happy at varying speeds, but if you want to take your business to the next level and fast, then you\u2019ll be wanting to have a breakthrough business year. Keep on reading to find out how to design the breakthrough business year you truly want.<\/p>\n
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This page may include affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, I may earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A breakthrough business year is a year of \u2018considerable\u2019 growth. Rather than a year that has incremental growth, it is a year where you are growing your business and properly taking it to another level.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A breakthrough business year will look different to every business owner. The clearer you can get about your version of a breakthrough business year is, the easier it will be for planning how to turn your dream into a reality.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Your breakthrough business year might include:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n As you can see, there are so many different ways your business could have a breakthrough year. It is vital if you want to design the breakthrough business year you truly want that you are brutally honest first about what that year looks like. Forget about what you think you should be aiming for based on what your business bestie, business mentor or someone else on the internet has said.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Take a moment to get clear on what your version of a breakthrough business year truly looks like and why achieving that version is so important to you. The clearer you can get on what you want to achieve and why in this stage, the easier everything else will be.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Before planning for the year ahead, especially a breakthrough business year, it is vital that you properly look back. You need to understand your business\u2019s current position and what has happened over the last 12 months to end up in this position.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Review and Reflect is the first part in my annual planning framework, and this involves you reviewing the data and reflecting on your experience. As a micro business owner, the figures alone aren\u2019t enough. It might be that you had a record-breaking month, but the launching process exhausted you, the clients weren\u2019t a great fit, or you ended up working day and night to deliver everything. By just looking at the numbers, you can easily think something was great, but it is only showing part of the picture.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n By the end of your review and reflection, the aim is to have a really good understanding of your business\u2019s current position and what has led to it being there. You\u2019ll also want to have a very clear idea of what you will and won\u2019t be bringing forward into the year ahead.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Your business\u2019s current position is point A (where your business is right now) and now you want to create your point B (where you want your business to be). Look back at your version of a breakthrough business year and from that create some solid goals. The less goals you can have the better. Normally, when working with clients, most business owners will end up with 3 to 5 goals.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The key is to create goals that you can clearly tell if they\u2019ve been achieved or not. Often adding numbers will help it to be clear if something has been achieved or not. For example, here are some goals where the numbers means it is either a yes or no.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n However, sometimes it might not make sense to quantify. For example:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In all of the above, you could add quantities, but maybe for you, the breakthrough isn\u2019t about the number of people who buy the book, sign ups for the scalable offer or attendee number your first event. Maybe the breakthrough is purely around you taking a step into new territories and creating\/doing the thing.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n With your goals now defined it is time to concentrate on how you get from Point A (where you are ) to Point B (where you want to be). There will usually be multiple ways to reach a goal. Your responsibility is to work out the way you are going to approach achieving your goals \u2013 aka what your strategy is going to be.. For a breakthrough business year, you can\u2019t just carry on exactly as you\u2019ve been doing so far. Changes will need to be made in your business, and it is your job, as the CEO, to make strategic decisions around those changes.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Key areas you\u2019ll need to consider are:<\/p>\n In every area, the focus should be on what changes need to be made (additions and removals) based on achieving your new goals. Often when working with clients to design their breakthrough business year, we\u2019ll make changes such as:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\nDESIGN THE BREAKTHROUGH BUSINESS YEAR YOU TRULY WANT<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
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