Comments on: New Years Resolutions – Think Big This Year! http://taylorjgraves.com/2009/01/this-year-think-big/ The right mix of PR, marketing, the social web, and life experience. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:04:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: taylorgraves http://taylorjgraves.com/2009/01/this-year-think-big/comment-page-1/#comment-59 taylorgraves Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:55:43 +0000 http://taylorgraves.wordpress.com/?p=244#comment-59 I completely agree, and when it applies to business goals - I think this principal of thought becomes even more true/applicable. It's all about being forward thinking as well... thanks for the comment Mark! I completely agree, and when it applies to business goals – I think this principal of thought becomes even more true/applicable. It’s all about being forward thinking as well… thanks for the comment Mark!

]]> By: Global Patriot http://taylorjgraves.com/2009/01/this-year-think-big/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Global Patriot Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:38:31 +0000 http://taylorgraves.wordpress.com/?p=244#comment-58 Setting goals, especially those that require us to stretch, is important, but I'm also a proponent of your "think big" comment above. I often tell people, both in my business consulting practice and those I consider friends, to imagine something that is so outlandish that you would never put it down as a goal for the year. For example, you run a million dollar business, and you set a goal at two million - a 100% increase - which is typically quite a stretch, but you should also spend some time thinking about what a 5 or 10 million dollar business would look like. Who would you hire, what new products or services would need, what type of marketing and PR would be required to get you there? I find that people make much smarter short term decisions when they have big dreams in the back of their mind. Setting goals, especially those that require us to stretch, is important, but I’m also a proponent of your “think big” comment above. I often tell people, both in my business consulting practice and those I consider friends, to imagine something that is so outlandish that you would never put it down as a goal for the year.

For example, you run a million dollar business, and you set a goal at two million – a 100% increase – which is typically quite a stretch, but you should also spend some time thinking about what a 5 or 10 million dollar business would look like.

Who would you hire, what new products or services would need, what type of marketing and PR would be required to get you there?

I find that people make much smarter short term decisions when they have big dreams in the back of their mind.

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