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Thursday, December 15, 2011

2012 Business Resolutions

It's that time of year when you start making your new year's resolutions.  Usually it would be something like: 1. Lose 50lbs; 2. Meet new friends; 3.  Spend more time with family, 4. Work less, etc....

But now that I am a Business Woman my thought process is different. After reading a few blogs I have come up with the following four:

1. Learn from past mistakes: We rarely acknowledge when we make mistakes, nor do we change our process when we do.  Einstein said "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".
2. Revise my short and long term goals: Even though I have been in business less than a year, so much has happened and I need to update my game-plan to reflect it.  I need to make them manageable.

3. Sign up for more seminars on social media marketing: This ever changing beast of technology is not only the lifeblood of my business but it is evolving too fast for my old brain.  After a few seminars I was a semi-pro on tweeting, facebook, SEO, Google+.  I practically signed up for any and every seminars there were.  Some were great and some were a waste.  But now I know what to look for.

4. Don't try to do everything yourself: This is something I usually tell others, but am embarrassed to say I failed at this year.  There were so many opportunities and momentum when I started that I lost sight of what I needed to focus on.  End result: I made more mistakes that I should have, am burned out and am behind in achieving my goals.  So I need to learn to delegate or work in scale.

So now that I have shared with you my wisdom for 2012, what are yours?  I would like to know.  Like my son says "sharing is caring!" and you always learn from others.

Happy Holidays!

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