The beginning of the year is the right time to review goals and objectives. If you start the year without goals, it is like being aimlessly on the high seas.
Try to imagine a ship. When it leaves a port it has a certain destination. Then it follows the compass, and even in the face of storms, it knows that it has a deadline to reach its destination.
Now imagine if this ship simply left on the high seas without knowing exactly where to go. The chance of getting lost and even sinking on the way is very high.
Therefore, every beginning of the year it is necessary that you define very well the goals for the year if you want to get somewhere and not be wandering on the high seas.
How to define goals?
I usually separate my goals into: professional, personal and financial. But this is not a rule, and you can choose as you wish.
The idea, however, is that you have a well-defined goal to know where and how you should arrive at the end of the year. Otherwise you will fall by the wayside.
In the professional goals I put how I intend to arrive professionally by the end of 2023, while in the personal goals I think about how to arrive in my personal life.
I separate the financial goals from the personal ones precisely to have an exclusive goal only for money, and this way not to confuse it with well-being and health.
Professional goals
To make it easier to understand, I’ll give examples. In the case of professional goals, I usually put where I want to be and how much I want to earn.
For example: “become a great entrepreneur with a monthly net income of R$ 100 thousand until December 2023”.
See, it’s no secret to make a goal. The only thing you need to pay attention to is if it’s really achievable. For that, I usually use the SMART system.
In other words, the goal has to be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time bound. That means that at the end of the year it has to be perfectly possible to achieve the goal.
Personal goals
I leave the personal goals to what I expect from my personal life. And in this I put the dreams that I intend to accomplish in all spheres.
For example: “Lose 10 kg and keep it until the end of the year. Publish two books to help people. Buy a 0 km car”.
That was also a simple example. The same logic applies to professional goals as to personal goals. That is, they need to be SMART.
Financial goals
Finally, the financial goals I set are not related to how much I want to earn, but how much I want to have invested by the end of the year.
For example: “Have R$20 million invested in startups and fintechs in a diversified way, and R$20 million in less risky assets”.
This was also just an example. You have to think about the cash you have today and how much you intend to have by the end of the year.
Consider your chances of putting money together to reach your financial goals. If you are in debt, getting out of debt can be a good goal.
As you can see, the important thing about having a goal is to know exactly where you’re going, where your year is going, without getting lost, sailing around at random.