How Can a Small Business Consultant Get Ready for 2012?

Believe it or not, 2012 is just around the corner. The new year sneaks up on most of us, leaving us to reflect on the past year and make resolutions for the next one. As a small business consultant, the month of December is a perfect opportunity to reconnect with your clients to clarify mutual expectations for the new year, identify short- and long-term goals, and negotiate a new yearly fee.

As a small business consultant you are often the person a company turns to when it wants help growing its business. But to be equipped to help a small business achieve its goals it is important for you to take the time to revisit and reconnect with your own aspirations and intentions.

Be careful to distinguish between your expectations and your intentions. Expectations create stress, fear, conflict, and disappointment. They imply attachment to a specific outcome. If the outcome is not what was expected there are bound to be feelings of negativity and defeat. But when you focus on your intentions rather than your expectations, you gain clarity of purpose and feel empowered by the attitude that the outcome will be just as it should be. The root of the intention will be realized even if it doesn’t happen exactly as you imagined. Intention removes the struggle and disappointment inherent with expectations and produces a more positive and fulfilling life experience.

Ask yourself what it is you want, what makes you feel most alive and connected, what you want to experience in your life, and what being a successful small business consultant means to you. What makes you spring out of bed each morning? What are your desires? What do you want to achieve? What energizes you? The answers to these questions will reveal your true intentions and energize everything you do. Positive energy is infectious and it naturally resonates with your small business clients. Your intentions for your clients can inspire them to do great things.

As you get ready for 2012, make a list of ten goals and the actions you need to take to accomplish those goals. Write down the benefits you will derive from achieving each goal, and give yourself a deadline for reaching each one. Take time to reflect on your intentions. Why is each goal important to you? How do you expect to achieve it? How will your life improve? How will your personal development help you be a better small business consultant for your clients?

Finally, as you prepare for the new year, let go of any limited beliefs. Believe in yourself, your intentions, and all of the work you will do to improve both your personal and professional life. Your small business clients will undoubtedly benefit from the time you take to refocus your intentions and define the actions that will help you grow. Whether they say it or not, your clients will thank you for it next year.

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