2020 Vision – How to Achieve Your Goals This Year and Beyond

2020 Vision – How to Achieve Your Goals This Year and Beyond

By the time the holidays wrap up, the promise of a New Year brings a much-anticipated fresh start. From your personal life to your professional achievements, the beginning of a calendar year provides an opportunity for reflection and resolution. However, resolutions are often too easily broken, leaving feelings of dejection and guilt.

With careful, practical planning, goal setting can have a massive impact on your year. In fact, you’re 42% more likely to keep a goal if you write it down. By taking time to quantify and articulate your goals, you are well on the way to success.

Our Executive Vice President of Sales, Amanda Jones, encourages our team of Realtors and staff to be intentional about goal setting each year. This year, she shared some practical tips for goal setting in your business that we wanted to share with you!

The 5-Year Visualization Exercise

Take a moment. Close your eyes and visualize your life 5 years ago. Who is around you? Where are you living? Where will you be going to work that day? Take a few deep breaths as you ponder and visualize what life was like in 2014.

Now, perform a similar exercise, but picture what you hope life to look like in 5 years. Who is around you? Where are you living? Where will you be going to work that day? Allow yourself to fully dream and imagine life in the future.

When you were picturing your life in 2014, you may have been surprised to remember how massively different it was from your life today. A lot can change in a year – and everything can change in 5 years. Remember that achieving your goals is a marathon, not a sprint. Every step counts.

Focus On Your Best Life First

Create a table with 4 columns and 5 rows. This chart will help you discover the action that you need to take in 2020 to reach your 5-year goal. The rows include the aspects of your life like Wellness, Relationships, Financial, Life’s Purpose, and Career. The columns detail The Most Important Action to Take in 2020, The Next Step, and Who You’re Going to Tell.

By creating this grid, you’ll realize what needs to your primary focus. From physical exercise, to debt reduction, to growing business, you should be able to fit what is MOST important in this box.

What Do You Need to Achieve in 2020?

No matter what line of business you’re in, ask yourself what you want and need from your work in 2020 to make your life goals you listed in the chart achievable. Is it an increased income? More vacation? More flexibility? Now that you’ve quantified what you’re hoping to achieve – put numbers to it. Meet with a business mentor, boss, or trusted advisor to discuss.

When you’ve listed the steps you need to take, you can implement a repeatable system for success. Create a calendar and list out how you will work towards your goal each month of the year.

Make 2020 your best year by recognizing what your real goals are and taking an honest look at how to achieve them. You will be amazed by what you can do. The journey to your life in five years starts now, and remember – even the small steps count!

If your 2020 vision includes real estate goals, we’d love to help. If you’re thinking of moving, click here to reach out to one of our full-time career professionals. If you’re considering a career in real estate, click here to see what Caine can do for you.