Business Goal Setting For 2017

Business Goals 2017. A very successful man once said that “a bad strategy will fail no matter how good your information is, and lame execution will stymie a good strategy”. The name Bill Gates may perhaps ring a bell, as he is a remarkably successful, world renown business man; and a wise one at that.
Your talent, ambition, and skills are only as useful as your method to deploy them. That is why planning and setting yourself goals is so crucial to your business. And with the New Year already underway, what a better time then now to set them? Here are 5 tips on how to set yourself productive goals for the year.

Set realistic and attainable goals for the year.
Giving yourself goals that you know that, deep down, cannot simply be achieved within your given time frame will only set you up for failure and disappointment. Start the year off with small goals, and make the challenges slightly greater as you complete each one.

Allow yourself to adjust your goals as needed.
Life happens. There will be times when things get in the way of your goals. Whether those things be family issues, financial problems, or simply just bumps in the road... so you must to allow yourself a little bit of wiggle room. Let your goals be adjusted if and when you need them. Perhaps a time extension, or maybe a lightening the load a little bit can make all the difference between letting a goal fizzle out, and taking a step closer to achieving it.

Set yourself measurable goals.

Although not all goals need to be tracked with numbers and statistics, they sure do help. Make yourself goals that can be analyzed, and allow you to see on a clear scale how your business strategies have been measuring up. This way, adjusting your plan for success becomes a lot more organized and straightforward.

Make your goals descriptive and detailed.

If you are setting goals that are vague and lack direction or specificity, you’re really just setting yourself up for failure. Without detailed guidelines on where you’re planning on going or what you’re planning on doing, you allow yourself far too much room for things to fall between the cracks and lay either forgotten or only halfway achieved. Or, even worse, these things end up being completed with poor quality and a poor work ethic. Keep yourself on track by making sure things are mapped out specific and accordingly!

There is nothing quite like a fresh start to a brand new year. Follow these tips on setting business goals for the year, and you will be sure to wrap up 2017 with outstanding success and achievements.

5 Reasons Why Working from Home is Hurting You and Your Business

5 Reasons Why Working from Home is Hurting You and Your Business

1. The Distraction Trap
Simple math; less distractions = more productivity. Working from home is full of distractions. If you work from home, there’s a strong chance that you’ll be having unwanted visitors popping in and out. Family, kids, pets. These interruptions can be harmful to the quality of your work, and definitely does not reflect well upon your customers.

2. Motivation Deflation
The desire to jump out of bed in the morning and race off to tackle the day’s challenges are entirely lessened when you work from home. Instead, you feel more compelled to groggily roll out of bed, put on slippers rather than shoes, and slump down the hallway. Clothes aren’t even a necessity when you don’t have to leave the house. Slow starts can highly effect your work habits for the day when you run on your own schedule, and allow yourself to have these sluggish morning attitudes.

3. Structure Is Key
Working from home allows routine to fall to the wayside, whereas having an office elsewhere provides you with a structure that can keep you in line. Setting a time to get up in the morning, have breakfast, get ready, and head to work is a great way to start everyday. Structure is important to maintain an organized business. Stop by the café and grab your morning coffee, or chat with your other office members in the kitchen while you brew yourself a cup. Head to your space, get your work done, then take a break at lunch. All of these seemingly insignificant factors that you lack when you work from home add up to a productive and systemized work day.

4. Social Factors
Working from home often leads to near hermit-like life. Without having to leave the house for anything, people that work from home often don’t see anyone other than family for days. If you are self employed this also prevents you form networking and creating business leads along with a social life that suffers and flounders, which can be mirrored in the type of work that is produced. Having daily social interactions assists with inspiration and new ideas. A lunch-time chat with a colleague or co-worker at the office can give your brain the break it needs from the hard work, or better yet, motivate you to get back to work with a refreshed mind!

5. What Your Clients Might Think
Ask yourself this: if you were a customer looking for a new service, would you feel more compelled to visit the house with the tiny business sign on the front lawn, or head into the large, professional-looking business building with the quality business logo on the front? Working from home may be convenient, but it is not difficult to see why it may be turning off your clients from coming to you for business. Having a business address in a renown office building gives you credibility, which is something that every customer will be looking for from you.

The Downtown Business Centre - Chilliwack's Premier Office Space For Small Business
What the Downtown Business Centre offers is a a co-share concept with a twist. We have office packages from just a mailing address and phone number all the way to over 6000 square ft of office space. We rent boardrooms and have a large reception area that can be used for social events. We have a full time receptionist to greet your clients and there is lots of parking. We have wifi, office equipment, dehumidified file storage facilities and the building is air conditioned. In short, everything you need to run your business. We are as flexible as you need us to be.

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