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And Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Good morning. This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is to set quarterly goals.
New year's resolutions are great, But a year is a long time.
Quarterly goals can keep you motivated toward a visible finish line.
So lots of businesses report their earnings quarterly.
They forecast how the business will run over the quarter, and they report back.
Now, I know not all companies love investors breathing down their necks every quarter, but this 90 -day timeframe provides a lot of accountability.
A quarterly check -in acknowledges that a year is a really long time.
And it's wise to have at least a few points along the way to take stock and pivot if necessary, or to set new targets.
I think this is a good way for people to think about their lives as well.
I'm sure you have big bucket -list goals.
And you probably have annual goals, too.
But as this episode airs near the end of the first quarter of the year, why not take stock of how things are going and figure out what you'd like to do by the end of June?
That is, what are your second quarter goals?
You could take a few minutes to look back at the first 90 days of the year.
What did you get done?
What did you like? What worked?
What didn't work so well?
Then you might think about any big annual goals, and think about whether those could be accomplished or partly accomplished in the next 90 days.
You might also think about whether there are other things you'd like to do in general, as you think about what's on the calendar, and the weather, and so forth.
There are a few upsides to this approach. First, it's hard to know in December, all the details of what life will look like next December.
I think we can get a pretty good sense of a year, which is 8 ,760 hours.
But the further you get into the future, the murkier everything becomes.
The next 90 days, on the other hand, are starting to get pretty clear.
You might already have some trips booked or know when the weekends will be during busy seasons when things are already planned.
and because the landscape is more known, you have a better sense of what will be possible.
Setting goals every 90 days also allows you to set more goals without things being in competition.
If you want to train for a half marathon and be in a community theater production, that might be a lot to take on at any one point, in addition to your work and family responsibilities.
companies. But you could train for a half marathon over three months as a Q2 goal.
Then you could audition for a performance in Q3, and have that be a goal for later in the year.
You don't try to cram everything in at once, but you also don't feel guilty as you're training for that half marathon that you have failed at your theater goal.
It's still there. It's just timed to a different quarter.
So, take a few minutes now to look at the landscape for the next 3 months.
What do you hope to do?
What do you need to do to make that happen?
What time can you block out to work on these things?
How will you know if you've accomplished your goals?
Then, 90 days from now, hopefully you will be celebrating several things and then you'll be able to focus on some new goals.
Confident that everything is getting done.
In the meantime, this is Laura… Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time.
Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at laura -vanderkam .com.
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