Last night a group of HerBusiness members gathered to network and to hear a presentation about the business trends for the new year. Before the inspiring presentation by JV Douglas of BRW Magazine we each shared our greatest achievement and one main goal for the new year with others in the group. This simple but powerful process of, one by one, sharing with others what it is that we can pat ourselves on the back for helped us ground what it is that we’ve been working so hard on this year.
Some of the business goals achieved included: Starting a business, growing a business, selling a business, learning to use social media, doing the HerBusiness MentorNet mentoring program and, as a result, solidifying a vision and plan for their business. On a personal level we had women who’d run 20km, climbed Michu Picchu, and started a family. Each person’s story was, in itself, inspiring and worth celebrating.
The goals members have for 2009 are equally inspiring and include personal goals (to do a half marathon, to take a long-overdue vacation to Europe) and business goals such as starting a new venture, getting out of the day-to-day of the business and forming a new partnership. I shared this achievement and goal for 2010:
One Achievement for 2009 This year I immersed myself in learning to better use social media. I attended programs, listened to podcasts, read books, listed to ebooks. Then I blogged, podcast(ed), Tweeted, presented a number of webinars, loaded photos to Flickr, integrated my online profiles, established a Facebook page for HerBusiness and created two e-Courses (30 Days of Social Media and 30 Days of Networking). I’m still very much the student… but I implemented a lot of what I learned about the powerful technology tools available to me.
One Goal for 2010 This one is personal. I want to run another half marathon. (I did one in 2008 and one this year.) Next year, though, I’d like to do it in under 2 hours, which for me, will be quite a stretch. I’m not a fast runner (more like a little Energizer bunny that just keeps on keeping on). So… training for that goal will need to start soon (but not too soon….. No doubt after some December/January indulgence).
A TASK… IF YOU’RE WILLING
So, my question to you is: What is it that you’re proudest of? What is it that you would like to acknowledge yourself for achieving? And, what is one goal that you have for the new year?
Share with friends, colleagues, or share right here by adding a comment. I’d love to hear from you.
Best wishes,
Suzi
PS Next week I’m going to give you a great tool that the HerBusiness Advisory Board is using to get focused for 2010. I think you’ll also find it useful for your business.
