I usually take a day in the summer each year and do a Have Good Ripple Effect Strategic Planning Retreat (Below is my social media post from November of 2021.)
Today is my summer “strategic day” for 2024 and I was laughingly reflecting on how much has changed and how much has stayed the same.
Do you know the first thing I noticed from that day a few years back?
I haven’t actually completed the lab items that I set out to do (facepalm)!
With further reflection, it made me smile to see what I was thinking about (thanks online journal that the whole world can see) and it made me feel more confident that, even though I am still working towards those goals, I have come so much further on other things (keynote speaking to large audiences, a book, podcast).
Moral of the story? Goals are one part strategy and one part grit. Things will take longer than you expect and the road may take you on some detours, but either way…the journey is worth it!
POST FROM 2021
I held today and part of tomorrow on my calendar for my first annual "self" Have Good Ripple Effect Strategic Planning Retreat.
I plan to spend the day reflecting, outlining my goals for 2022, running the numbers, and one of my favorite things...sketching out my "Living In The Lab" ideas (aka experiments) for next year.
"Living in The Lab" ideas are the outside-of-the-box things, that I will give myself permission to experiment with, and possibly fail at because they will certainly lead to more ideas, innovation, and execution.
Lab item number 1: Sell my Have Good Ripple Effect at a boutique or store.
Lab item number 2: Find a boutique or store to let me sell Have Good Ripple Effect items.
What are your "Living In The Lab" ideas for next year? I would love to live in the lab alongside you!
Also, DM me if you’d like a copy of the worksheets I use to strategic plan!
END POST from 2021
Your turn! What are you working towards? Send me a DM, I’d love to hear.
PS - I still have those worksheets from last year if you want to use them!
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