MARK KOHLERMain Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, LLC · Owner at Main Street Professionals, LLC

This Is The True Test of Your 2026 Goals

20 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this motivational business‑planning segment, Mark Kohler stresses the importance of establishing a personal “board” – either a formal group or a dedicated mentor – to hold you accountable for your 2026 goals. He recommends holding a quarterly board meeting where you present your plan, prepare a clear agenda, and rehearse your presentation. The act of articulating the plan forces you to confront unrealistic elements, prompting necessary adjustments. This process creates accountability, encourages realistic goal setting, and turns the plan into a living document that evolves with each review.

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You need a board meeting, you need to create a board. Arguably, this could be finding a mentor that you're going to meet with regularly and share this with. Even if you're paying them, you need to share this plan. And I love the concept of the board meeting. As many of you know, Matt and I are huge proponents of that. And I think this is the perfect place to do it. Have your first quarter board meeting and tell them your plan. It's scary now. Now you're accountable to someone. And as you say it, you're like, yeah, this isn't realistic. Practicing it. Prepare an agenda. And when you start to prepare that agenda and practice saying it, all of a sudden you' yeah, you gotta modify this and it's okay. It's your freaking plan.