Issue 105: Can a September Reset Level Up Your Fourth Quarter?

“Let today be the day where you rise above the excuses.”
- Hiral Nagda

At the end of August, it hit me that we only have four months to hit any of our 2022 goals. (Does anyone else wonder how the heck eight months passed so quickly?) Although I evaluate my 12-week goals, accomplishments, and what’s on my “make-it-happen” list at the end of each quarter, I ran through this task a month earlier.

Mj’s Tri-State Mastermind Group

Reaching out to one of my mastermind groups, I wanted to know what they were doing to set up the rest of the year to hit their goals. From my perspective, I seemed to be the only one with the “Oh my gosh, summer is over” panic. After we talked, I went to a local coffee café to brainstorm. Excitement grew around how I could use September as the springboard to level up the last quarter. The result of that brainstorming session became a formula I coined the September Reset. And I created a fun mind map to go with it that I’ll use in one of my workshops because it can be used any time of the year. Here’s a micro version of the September Reset.

September Reset

Goal. What is your goal? Why do you want to achieve this goal? Define it.

Distractors. What (or who) are the distractors? What can get in your way to stop you from reaching this goal? Knowing the distractors, you’ll be aware of them when they occur.

Unshakability. Are you unshakable in your determination to reach your goal? Will you hold firm to say “no” when you need to say “no” to make your plan happen? Be strong.

Power Team. Who do you need as a resource? Who can help you reach your goal? Who will be your accountability partner? Think of these specific people as your Power Team.

Action. What action do you need to take? What are the steps you need to take to hit your goal? It’s action time!

Now is the time to make changes and adjustments to your action plan to hit your 2022 goals.

Mj Happenings

• September kicked off with several corporate virtual training programs.

• I started the on-site five-week Communication workshop called Show Up, Level Up, Bounce-Up™ with my manufacturing client on Monday.

• I’m heading to Cleveland for business at the end of the week.

Until next time, Power-Up, Play-Up™, and Bounce-Up™!

Mj

P.S. What is the end-of-year goal you want to reach? Let me know! 😊