This is a YouTube video titled "Did I Meet My 2017 Goals - Powersheets Goal Planner Review" created in November 2017. The content features Trena sharing her personal experience using the Powersheets goal planner to set and track her business goals for 2017. She explains the planner's features, her progress on the goals, and encourages viewers to share their own goal-setting methods. The video is a solo presentation focused on goal setting and productivity tools for creative businesses.
To be honest, I've never really been a goal setting person. Whaaa? I mean, I've set New Year's resolutions a lot of years, but I'm that normal person that by February they've totally blown out the window and I'm back to my normal habits. But after running a business in 2016, I realized how important it was going to be for me to set goals in 2017. So in today's video, I'm going to share with you the number one tool that I use this year to set goals them for my business. Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of Just the Tips. My name is Trena and I help creative businesses like you get started here on YouTube. Today. I'm going to walk you through the tool that I use to set my goals in 2017. That tool is PowerSheets. So PowerSheets was created by Laura Casey and I bought this at the end of 2016 to really get serious about goals, track them so that I could really have something to achieve and see what I accomplished throughout the year. So I'm just gonna walk through what the Powersheets looks like inside and then share with you. Did I complete or reach any of my goals? So what's great about these powersheets is it gives you all of these prompts to think about, like lessons that you learn to really get thinking about what kind of goals you Wanna set in 2017. So after you start thinking about all of these things and reflecting on the previous year that you had the then you get down to setting your goals for the next year. And this book is great with these you can write them down. And by writing down your goals, you're held more accountable. Writing them down just feels more real than to just have them floating around in your head. Because I'm a mom and I honestly can forget what I had for dinner last night, let alone a goal that I set for myself three months ago. So in the book you see that you can write down up to 10 goals. And I set seven goals for myself in 2017. And what I really love is the action plan. So you take the goal, you set your why to it, and you start creating action plans. What you can do those tiny steps that you need to take to really achieve that goal. Because just having a goal doesn't mean you're going to do it instantly, right? There's going to be a lot of little steps that you need to take to get to that goal. Then you basically have a goal check in every single month in this powersheet. Book, Book. So at the beginning of the month, I'll sit down, I'll go through the prompts and then I'll really brainstream about the things that I need to do this month to reach a goal or to get things done that I want to get done this month, or things that are coming up this month just kind of as a brain dump to clear all that clutter out of your head. Then every month you have this tending list so you set your mini goals for the month and there's a little block that you can scribble as you progress through, through that goal. I love doing it. I love being able to fill in that box. And then there are weekly goals. So what are the things you need to get done each week to get to that goal, that main goal that gets to your overall yearly goal? Right. Then I love the little daily goals so you can start changing habits. So whether you want to start walking more or making the bed or drinking more water, you can really start to track these types of things in this daily goal. And then you can pull out this tending sheet and keep it close to you. So on your desk or on a corkboard by your desk, you can be reminded every single day of the small goals you're taking to get to those big goals that you set for yourself. Plus, the book is filled with a lot of inspirational quotes. I love just flipping to a new month and seeing a new quote. That just gets me excited. I mean, who doesn't love pretty quotes? So did I think this investment was worth it? Because these powersheets are pretty pricey. I believe they're around $55. I did think it was worth it. It was the first time that I really set goals. I did set goals the year before, but I just put it on a note card and I probably lost that note card or I might have put it in a Google Doc and have no idea where it was. So I loved having that planner. Now it's not a daily weekly planner to write down your day to day tasks. Like I said, it's more of overarching things that you need to do to reach your big goals. I will be purchasing for 2018. I just like having that accountability, having that check in every single month. If I don't have that monthly check in, I'm not going back to see, oh, what did I do to reach this goal? Or what do I need to do? I just love having that check in. Out of the seven goals that I set for myself, I believe I reached four of them. So not bad. Almost. It's almost 50% over 50%. I'm not a math wizard, so I do think they're worth it. There's a great Powersheets community online too. You can join other powersheet groups and work together each month as you're setting your goals. Reflecting on your goals. I'm going to start doing powersheet goal check ins in 2018 to share with you guys what I'm doing in my business and how I'm getting there through the Powersheets Planner. My question of the day for you is how do you set your goals? Is there a tool that you use? Let me know down in the comment section below. If you guys like this video, make sure you give it a thumbs up and you click that circle subscribe button for more tips, tricks and strategies on how you can use YouTube in your business. Thank you so much for watching. Bye.
