A 15-minute Step in the Right Direction
What impact would 15 minutes of daily focused action have on one of your goals?
In the spring, I wanted to focus on having better execution of my goals, especially the ones that seemed to stay on my list and felt a bit daunting. I learned about the 12-Week Year from the Brown Ambition podcast, and decided to try it to increase my goal execution.
I honed my vision, created a plan of 1-3 things I wanted to focus on for my first year (12 weeks), determined my measurements of success, and even got an accountability partner to ensure commitment and transparency. I still felt stuck when I sat down to focus on my first goal. Where do I start? How do I start? What’s the best way to start? Which led to, “Maybe we’ll start this tomorrow.”
Serendipitously, I was asked to read the book Get Clients Now in preparation for working with my business coach. Get Clients Now reminded me that part of my tactic toward my goals could be doing a task for 10-15 minutes daily.
Each weekday morning during my 12-week year, I scheduled a “Buffer Block” and assigned myself 15 minutes per goal-related task.
15 minutes of engaging on social media with local entrepreneurs (with the goal of cultivating 10 local contacts in my pipeline).
15 minutes of outlining my target client profiles and defining my niche (with the goal of creating a marketing kit).
15 minutes of developing my next Start From Within series offering (with the goal of creating 12 free resources for my client community throughout the year).
15 minutes of researching contact management systems (with the goal of creating a more effective system for my client contacts).
A TikTok video I made about the power of 15 minutes. Unmute to hear music.
I was energized about my action items by the end of my first week. By the end of the second week, I had surpassed a couple of my goals because of the steady and consistent progress.
Some of my 15 minutes got extended to keep the momentum going.
It felt good to get in at least 15 minutes on full days and know that progress had been made.
The biggest impact was that my focused action had me accomplish things I had previously put off.
How might 15 minutes of daily focused action impact one of your goals?
If you lack motivation or find yourself stuck on a task, try engaging for 15 minutes. As motivation increases and you get more into the flow, you can adjust your work time accordingly. The joy is that every action is progress and every bit of progress leads to our success.
Take care until we connect again!
