Utilize the start of the New Year to revise your pathway for success. Planning your year ahead will not only tell you what to expect and
what routes you can take to reach your goals. It will also keep you motivated and future oriented to achieve the results you want.

1. Recognising Change

The market environment is constantly changing and offers new opportunities as well as threats. Look at changes in the business landscape (eg. Internet), changes in your competition as well as new products and services that satisfy the same customer needs. Look at changes within your business and your personal life. How will it affect your business and how will you address the opportunities and threats identified above?

2. Learning from experience

What has been very successful and why? The reverse also needs to be addressed. You can save a lot of money by determining unprofitable, time consuming and inefficient activities and internal processes. What can you do differently to be more efficient?

 3. Realism and realization

Planning assists in the prevention of a view of the future which is not supported by facts. Your roadmap will show you hurdles that require the support of outside sources and assistance.

 4. Balancing Growth

By planning for growth you will identify capital needs and be able to ensure that funds are available when you need them.

 5. Result orientation

Achieve your goals by making them concise and realistic. “I will grow x much in the y part of my business until the time z” is a good example. Review your pathway at least quarterly and monitor your results to do a practical analysis and identify the reasons for variance.

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