How to define your goals for 2022?

1. Make a retrospective of the year that has passed

What did the past year leave me? Have I had enough time to think about myself and my surroundings? Have I learned any new ones? By answering these and other self-questions you will find answers so as not to put aside these experiences for 2022.

That is why it is necessary to do a brief retrospective of the past year. Think for 5 minutes about everything that happened in 2021. What lessons have you got from all that?

Write them down on a piece of paper and consider them when defining your goals for 2022. Maybe some of the goals that you set for yourself in 2021 and did not reach can be considered for 2022?

Another advantage of looking back at the past year is that it is possible to replicate what has worked and avoided what did not go as planned. Thus, you will have more opportunities to achieve your dreams.

2. Define opportunities for 2022

When identifying opportunities for 2022, you need to be aware of reality. It is important to start from the situation in which you find yourself.

What do you do for a living? When reading information about your market niche, are there opportunities that can be exploited and exploited? What has worked well in 2021 and can it be boosted for next year?

What would be the advantage of starting with a goal that does not apply to your market or that is not compatible with the opportunities you can find in it?

Better understand your reality and be the protagonist of your moment.

3. Work on self-knowledge

It is obvious that everyone has their qualities and characteristics, isn't it? Each person has their taste, capabilities, and limitations of it.

In the meantime, we cannot ignore the following fact: that over time we change a lot, due to genetic or acquired factors. This is one reason why we acquired many new features and stopped having more that were left behind with time.

In addition to this, as the years go by, our resistance to changes increases, since we prefer a more stable life. It also increases our consciousness, which makes us very afraid and makes us more indecisive when making decisions, especially those that are responsible for drastic changes in our lives.

All this is natural, but never lose motivation, to look for what has always been awake in you and carry it out.

Organize a list of positive and negative points of your personality. And that is why I share with you the video that Edgar our Customer Success Consultant gives us that gives us 10 tips to stay motivated.

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4. List all possibilities and options for 2022

Identifying the possibilities for the 2022 goals means looking at all the opportunities, always thinking about their characteristics defined during the self-knowledge stage.

This is very important because sometimes we want to achieve a goal. Only this may be unfeasible for our current reality.

Perhaps there is not much demand for this goal, or you do not have enough money to invest and the necessary resources. Or the project doesn't fit your profile.

Think carefully about your possibilities and prioritize your tasks efficiently when defining goals for 2022.

5. Follow the news and trends in your market

We know that the market is constantly changing. New demands emerge, some business models have become outdated, while other niches are saturated.

As we talked about before, people's needs and tastes change over time, even when we talk about the Millennial generation, which is the technology generation.

Think about the latest trends in your market, about all the opportunities that 2021 has given to go offline and migrate online. Also, in the plans that you want to carry out in 2022 so that they are in tune with these trends.

All of this increases your chances of achieving the maximum possible of your goals over the year.

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