Kenny Chapman walks business owners through three questions for year-end reflection: how you feel about your company now, how you want to feel in a year, and what needs to change. He emphasizes honest appraisal and massive action in the final month.
Hey, my friend Kenny Chapman here, the blue collar coach with a quick message on December 1st, right, we have 1 12th of our year left and it's decision making time now. I'm not going to come to you with something about New Year's resolutions today or anything like that. I have three things I want you to think about when it comes to your life and your business. Number one, how do I feel about my company right now as I close out the year? As I'm literally 31 days from the end of 2015, when I'm watching this and thinking about this, how do I feel about my company? How do I feel about my culture? How do I feel about my progress this year? How do I feel about that direction? I want you to think about that and I want you to answer that honestly, with integrity, with authenticity to yourself. How do I really feel? Check in, get a good understanding of what that is. Then I want you to go to the second question. We fast forward 12 months from today. It's December 1, 2016. Now we're closing out one more month of the last part of the year of 2016. Do I want to feel the same way? Do I have hope? Do I have excitement? Do I have drive? Do I have passion? Or is it the same old, same old, working through, doing it, doing it, doing it day in, day out, no reward, no roi. How do I feel about it right now, today? How do I want to feel about it 12 months from today? And then the third thing that I want you to check in and answer is this. Do I need to make a change? Remember, I wrote the book on change? Okay, I wrote a book on change, but you know what I'm saying. Six dimensions of change. Clarity, habit, action, never give up. Gratitude and enthusiasm. Those are the keys. Do I need to change something fundamentally in my business? Do I need to look at my culture? Do I need to look at my community involvement? Do I need to look at where I'm spending time and energy with my team? Do I need to look at my leadership style, the managers I have in place? What do I need to look at? Because right now, I want to know how I feel today. Does that feel good or bad? Do I want more or less of it? How am I going to feel 12 months from today? Do I want to feel the same or do I want even more progress? And lastly, do I need to shift my model? You don't have to be anybody else's company. This is your life. This is your freedom. This is your ability to create what really matters. What makes sense to you. I want you to follow that passion. That's what I've got for you. We've only got one month left. It's December 1st. Make the most of the final month of 2015. Until we talk again, my friends, have a better than fantastic day. Be honest with yourself. Answer these questions and take massive action. I'm Kenny Chapman. I'll talk to you soon.
