Do you want to start 2023 right?
I know you do, and I want you to win the new year. That’s why, in this episode, I’m sharing my planning process. It’s the same process I took to accomplish all six goals I had written down for my interior design business for 2022. But that didn’t happen by accident.
If you want to learn what goals are worth setting for your interior design career or business, how to achieve them, and simply to get inspired to start your 2023 right, this is a must-listen.
Why you’ve got to check out today’s episode
- Discover how to plan for your short and long-term goals
- Find out why people might shy away from making goals and what to do instead
- Learn about making S.M.A.R.T. and S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals
Check out these episode highlights
00:54 – Why people shy away from making goals and what to do instead
02:04 – What it takes to fall into a profitable design business
02:47 – The big switch from digital to a physical planner and the reasons why I chose The Full Focus Planner for 2023
- It links personal and professional goals and has them in one place
- Keep it top of mind, have my goals, and have my core values right in front of me that I can look at every day.
- It allows me to reevaluate quarterly since it only lasts for a quarter.
- It can help me go through my 90-day planning session with my business coach and break down my goals every quarter.
04:00 – Why I can’t wait to start focusing on my personal goals
04:41 – Looking back to six of my goals for 2022
- Launch my course, Shifting Spaces – Change your Room, Change your Life, in April 2022.
- Launch my podcast, Design Curious, in September.
- Elevate the Rebecca Ward Design client experience. I hired a client services manager on Porsche’s team that you heard about from Episode 16. I also modified many of our onboarding processes and procedures, checking in with clients, following up with them, and things like that.
- Nurture and grow my team. We hired a new member of the team after a team changeover. During this process, a coach went over our DISC assessments. This helped us learn how to communicate and advocate for ourselves.
- Connect with amazing and inspiring people
- Rock 2022, which I did.
6:37 – How to plan for your short and long-term goals
- Look 5 to 10 years out and see where you want to be. What are you doing for work? What is your lifestyle? What are the vacations that you’re having? What’s the car that you’re driving? This part is your dream area or what you want your life to be. How are you going to manifest that?
- Pull back and look at three years out and say, ‘Oh, I’m on track for meeting those 5 to 10-year goals because I’m doing this at three years. It’s just far enough out to have that dream aspect.’ So there’s still an attainable goal out there that I can dream of, but close enough to be realistic.
- Pull back again, look at your one-year goal, and say, ‘Okay, well, what do I want to accomplish within the next 365 days that I have, and break that out into quarters?
- Set up a 12-week grid and say, “Okay, Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and what am I doing that week to achieve these three goals that I’ve set for that quarter?” So say I have six things for the year and might try to accomplish two or three of those per quarter.
- And then, what are the actionable steps I need to take during that quarter to achieve that goal? This was really strategic and helpful in checking off goals by the end of the year. And then, it’s broken down for you.
08:34 – Setting S.M.A.R.T. and S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals
- So S.M.A.R.T. goal is an acronym that spells out as
- Specific,
- Measurable,
- Actionable,
- Risky, and
- Time-bound goals.
S.M.A.R.T.E.R. also added:
- Exciting, and
- Relevant.
If you are looking at setting goals this 2023, I encourage you to use the SMART and SMARTER format to outline and achieve your dreams.
09:56 – Goal setting for those who are transitioning to an interior design career
- It’s essential to be clear and concise about your dreams and goals. It’s a great exercise to do.
- Take some time to physically write it down with pen to paper to bring it home in your brain and make that a reality so you can manifest what it is that you’re dreaming of.
- Allow yourself to dream big. Be creative. You are creative, so allow yourself to be creative with your goals.
- This method will give you some structure around that because, as you know, sometimes creative types struggle to build structure independently.
10:49 – How to win 2023 with accountability buddies
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