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WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Goal Setting for Women Entrepreneurs

Most successful women create a set of goals that they strive to reach, which helps them stay on

track as they work toward success. Without setting goals and applying effort to long-term

improvement, you won’t get very far even if you do work hard.

This is especially true if you're trying to balance maintaining a busy household with helping your

young business flourish. Here are some tips that may be helpful to women entrepreneurs while
setting goals for themselves and their businesses.

Consider Using Visual Aids

You may not think of visual aids like graphs or progress charts when it comes to forming a

professional plan. But, these things are more effective motivators than you may think. Looking at

a visual representation of the progress you’ve made can make a bigger impact than simply
looking at the numbers. Not only that, creating a fun graphical image also gives you something

that you can display around your workplace to motivate your team members and to help the

business accomplish the goals that you’ve laid out.

Be Optimistic, But Realistic

It's important that the goals you set for yourself or your business be things that you can
realistically accomplish. If you strive to do something that isn't possible for you to do, you're

only setting yourself up for disappointment in the future. If you can't imagine yourself possibly
achieving a goal, you may want to set your sights lower for the time being. However, it's also

important to challenge yourself with the goals that you create. If you set goals that are too easy to

achieve, then it will create the illusion of success without motivating you to do everything that
you can.

One Thing at a Time

Motivating yourself to complete a complicated project can be daunting. When you try to deal

with every aspect of a problem at once, it's very easy to become overwhelmed. Try to break each
project up into as many smaller parts as you can in order to keep your short-term goals as simple

as possible. This will give you something to feel accomplished about at every successful stage of

the project, rather than only once everything is finished.

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