What is your business focus for the new year?
My business theme for 2022.
As some of you know, I am a member of a networking group of business consultants called The Upside.
Each quarter there is a Member Spotlight Campaign that The Upside team dreams up - with questions to answer and a lovely graphic. For Q4, it was “My Year of <insert theme>.”
The theme that hit home for me was “discovery.” Everything about the word resonated.
Know this… I didn’t enter 2022 thinking of it as My Year of Discovery.
It was only by looking back at the last 12 months with the help of this prompt, that I realized this is exactly what it’s been.
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Some of the discoveries I made along the way.
– I was starved for community and meaningful interaction with intelligent, funny, engaging women.
– Finding this has been one of my highlights of the year.
– I could trust what I was naturally drawn to do and what was EASY - this was a revelation.
– Case in point: I loved hosting my Instagram Live Series for female entrepreneurs: CANDID CONVERSATIONS to Level Up Your Business.
Was I nervous at the start? Absolutely. But as I did more of them, I noticed that I looked forward to them AND they were informative and fun. AND my guests told me they found them fun as well (even those doing their first IG Live).
– By asking for what I needed, there was a better chance that I would actually get it (shocking, I know :).
And as much as I tell my clients this, I frequently need to remind myself: “If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.”
– While I can be incredibly courageous in some areas of my life, I realized that fear was still “in the driver’s seat” much too often.
This year has been about changing that – putting fear in the backseat and giving it something else to do (like watch a movie).
– With fear driving the car, I was too focused on what could go wrong, rather than what could go right, too focused on the past to envision a different future.
– Knowing this, that I need to make 2023 be about vision and dreaming big.
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What was your theme for the year?
I’m sharing this with you in the hope that something resonates and gets you thinking.
If you’re up for it, take a look at the prompts in the graphic and conduct your own review of 2022.
Professional expertise
Business highlight of 2022
Personal highlight of 2022
Leaving behind in 2022
If 2022 were a song…
I make no apologies for…
My #1 supporter in 2022
My big goal for 2023
What will be the theme for your business in 2023?
And when you do, keep an eye open for what can be bigger, better, and more enjoyable for you in 2023.
If growing your business is part of your bigger, better plan for next year, book a Discovery Call, so we can meet and discuss what that looks like for you. ✨