"We must be Deliberate & Intentional"

Setting and achieving goals is critical for any professional, team or any human for that matter.

As we live now today, it is during periods of uncertainty we need to plan, smarter, for when times are challenging, efficiency of your actions are a must. By creating clear goals, it allows you to hold YOURSELF accountable as well as have others do the same.

By making it easier to measure performance it will of course, allow you to hit your set goals.

The good news is, goal-setting doesn’t have to be complicated. Using a SMART goals approach and utilizing organizational technology to support the process, you can increase your activities efficiently and ACHIEVE your person Targets

What are SMART goals??

In a ever-changing business environment, time is your challenge. A SMART goal-setting plan will allows you and your team to focus on what matters most.

SMART goals are clear, specific objectives that are easily measured within a defined period of time. By setting SMART goals, you boost accountability and productivity which, in turn, equals SUCCESS!

Here’s a breakdown of "SMART" goal:?

Specific: Each goal should be well-defined and precise, with no room for misinterpretation.?

Measurable: Each goal should be quantifiable, allowing it to be tracked and assessed over time.?

Achievable: SMART goals aren’t moonshots. Each goal should be realistic while requiring some stretch to achieve

Relevant: The goal should align with personal/business strategies and objectives.

Time-bound: Humans/Professionals/Teams should aim to achieve their goal in a certain time frame, such as a quarter. Setting time-bound goals for provides a sense of urgency and will hold you accountable.

5 SMART sales goals examples?

While each company/professional/human has its own unique set of goals (what's most important to them), there are some common targets/objectives that can serve as a valuable starting point:

1. Increase recurring revenue : This metric allows (companies/professional/humans) to measure expected revenue from passive sources. By a simple act of setting a SMART goal that aligns with increasing your bandwidth and will allow for accomplishing more goals or closing more deals. #winnerswin
2. Improve client retention:?For teams facing leaner times, growing and deepening existing customer relationships is more cost-effective than acquiring new customers. Measurable goals targeting retention might include reducing churn and increasing customer lifetime value (CLV).?
3. Shorten the Goal cycle?:The sales cycle is the time it takes a new lead to become a closed deal.?Competing and comparing to industry averages , other professionals can offer useful context for setting goals. Goals are a lot like effort...They are between You & You!
4. Increase opportunities for progress:?Cross-selling ,two birds one stone, multi-tasking , Doing more than 1 task efficiently, deliberately and EFFECTIVELY will increase the ROI for each action, objectives you complete. "Effort in efficiently equals Succes"
5. Setting goals with marketing: to cross-link objectives may be a practical and exciting SMART goal ?that will have a real impact. (when you do achieve it)

Take action because "You Owe You"

It's not that people with a growth mindset are able to overcome their fears because they are braver than the rest of us;

They KNOW that their actions bring your Goals to life. People with a growth mindset are empowered, action oriented and unrelenting humans who focus on Effort. They know that there's no such thing as a truly perfect moment to move forward.?Action (effort) and focused energy will bring about change.

?People with a optimistic mindset know that they're going to fail from time to time, The lesson is learned from the "fail" and then they never let that keep them from expecting results. Expecting results keeps you motivated, focused on the end result and feeds the cycle of empowerment.

After all, if you don't think you're going to succeed, then why bother?

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