planning

Every December, I remind the business owners I work with of something simple but game-changing:

You don’t rise to the level of your goals; you rise to the level of your preparation.

Most companies coast through December. They slow down, let projects drift, postpone decisions, and hope that January will magically reset their motivation.

But success in the new year isn’t created in January. It’s created before January.

Proactive planning is one of the strongest indicators of whether an organiz…