Finishing Strong: The Power of Simple Goals For A Meaningful Q4

The year is almost over, and you’re ready for your Q4 goals.

Decide what you will achieve between now and New Year’s eve. 

And make sure these goals put you in the best position for 2026.

What are goals

It is impossible to make tiramisu. It is only possible to achieve tiramisu. 

This is how I like to explain what goals are. 

A goal is not something you do: it is something you achieve. 

Make sure your goals are a destination and that they describe some sort of change from the status quo. A goal is a transformation. 

Goals with a purpose

It is said that over 20% of new businesses fail within a year, and 48% within 5 years*. 

We can’t know the specific goals those businesses had set for themselves, but we can safely assume that they did not include the business closing down. 

And with numbers like those it’s not the people and it’s not the business: it’s the goals. 

Whatever their goals were, they missed the mark. 

Do not underestimate the importance of having goals that are

• Specific
• Tangible
• Balanced
• Realistic 

Goals, targets, tasks

Use the attached worksheet to 

• Describe your December transformation
  • List your monthly targets
    • Assign your weekly activities

What next

Trust your employees to know what goals are realistic. Contact me for a group workshop to hear from everybody in your business and decide what you will get done. 

*_{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as reported in Lending Tree}