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Career, Entrepreneur 101, Featured · October 4, 2017

Fourth Quarter: How to Finish The Year Strong and Prosperous


We are now in the final and fourth quarter of the year, and it's time to get serious about tackling your business goals. Here's how to finish strong.

If you are reading this, then that means you’ve made it to the final quarter of the year. You’ve probably weathered a storm or three, and it is now time to focus on ending the year on a positive note. If you work for someone else, or you are your own boss running things, it doesn’t matter how you began the year—it is all about the finish. The fourth quarter is all about redemption, regaining momentum, a wrapping it up in a flourish of positivity.

Everything that you have, or haven’t done, brings you to this point. It is now time to take the next 85 or so days and go hard in the paint. You’ve got work to do and I am here to help you get it done.

How to finish the year strong and prosperous? Let me count the ways:

Filter out distractions

Let’s keep it real—you only have a little bit of time left. You can still hit those goals that you set earlier in the year, but you are going to have to do the work. One way to get more work done is to filter out distractions. It’s like this; whatever isn’t aligned with your goals or purpose needs to go or at the minimum, dealt with sparingly and during non-work hours.

I wrote about how to filter out distractions while working from home previously, so let me give you tips on how to do so while at work. Turn off notifications which can help you stay on task. This includes email programs like Outlook and of course social media notifications. Keep a Do Not Disturb sign on your office door when working to maximize your time efficiency, and try to utilize interns and admins to help share the workload.

Get laser focused

We have a tendency to be all over the place. A lot of this has to do with social media and always being plugged in to every happening and instance going on in the world. This can be very overwhelming and counterproductive.

Just stop.

Instead, minimize your social media usage and get knee deep in your work related goals. Let go of FOMO. You may miss out on a photo of your friend’s daughter taking her first step, but it’ll be there when you return, I promise.

Focus on one task at a time and try not to multitask. Click HERE to read more on how multitasking can ruin your laser focus.

We are now in the final and fourth quarter of the year, and it's time to get serious about tackling your business goals. Here's how to finish strong.

Work with a mentor

If you don’t have a mentor, I feel bad for you son! Yes, having a mentor is critical to your overall success. If you don’t have one currently, work on getting one ASAP. Reach out to people you know who are successful, have a proven track record, and can best lead you to be your best self. If you have a mentor already, tap into their guidance and expertise. Schedule regular meetings with them from now until the end of the year and make sure to also work with an accountability partner to help push you to reach your benchmarks.

Work your money

Investing in your career and/or business is beneficial in so many ways. If you haven’t garnered the results you’ve been desiring, it may be that you need to pump some money into your enterprise. Hire a coach who can help you with ideas, programs, and ways to make money. Enroll in that class or online course that can assist you in priming the pump so you can create more income streams. Use these last three months to hit your income goals. You have to spend money to make money—stop being cheap.

We are now in the fourth and final quarter of the year, and it's time to get serious about tackling your business goals. Here's how to finish strong.

Tap into your network

Being humble and trying to do it on your own will only get you so far. Ask your friends and family to help you spread the word about what it is that you do. They may not know that it would help you if they shared that graphic from your Facebook page or read your latest blog post and left a comment. Reach in and pull a tribe together who can hustle with you. This is the fourth quarter with no time to spare—tap into your network.

Just do it

This is more than a tagline, it is a lifestyle! All year, you may have been sitting on ideas that could help you get to the next level. Why? Stop being scared and launch already. Just do it! Even with the fear. You can work through the feeling scared part to ultimately doing what it is that you set out to do. No one said you have to be fearless. But you do have to be proactive with action.

In closing, I want to say this. Whether you can or cannot do something is purely on you. Close out the year walking into the next with goals accomplished and a foundation to do even better next year. You’ve got everything you need inside of you to be a success! I believe in you.

If you are looking for hacks and challenges to help you create awesome habits that can make you productive and on point, make sure to purchase my book, Personal, Professional, and Positive: The 30-Day Challenge on Amazon.

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We are now in the final and fourth quarter of the year, and it's time to get serious about tackling your business goals. Here's how to finish strong.


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  1. GiGi Eats says

    October 4, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    This year is done to me – hahahahahaha! I am so over it and ready to go to AFRICA in December!!! <3 The second Halloween comes and goes, I am legit going to just check out – hahahahahaha!

    Reply
    • The Cubicle Chick says

      October 4, 2017 at 10:38 pm

      I totally understand. Enjoy your trip!

      Reply
  2. Anne Louise Bannon says

    October 4, 2017 at 11:10 pm

    Thanks for this. I’ve been bewailing how behind I am (and I’m not that far behind). I have achieved several of my goals this year and am actually getting more stuff done that I thought I would. I do have a lot of work to do, but the time has been set aside in which to do it. I can. Thnks for the reminder!“

    Reply
    • The Cubicle Chick says

      October 4, 2017 at 11:44 pm

      Good for you! I am so glad that you are on point. You’re almost at the finish line. Don’t give up. 🙂

      Reply

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Are we twinning or nah? 😂😂😂 Are we twinning or nah? 😂😂😂
4/10 should be declared a national holiday because 4/10 should be declared a national holiday because on this day a king was born! Happy birthday, son. Love you more than words can say! 🎉🎉🎉
May we continue to have crazy/fun adventures toget May we continue to have crazy/fun adventures together. You deserve an overflow of serendipity, and all the joy I can provide. Still celebrating—Happy Birthday, Mommy! 🎉🎉🎉
Worked hard all week so we deserved a little treat Worked hard all week so we deserved a little treat. ✌🏾
My novel ‘A Clermont Lane Wedding’ is certainl My novel ‘A Clermont Lane Wedding’ is certainly not biographical, but there are traces of my life all up and down this book (hint hint). It’s a perfect Spring Break read!

It’s got romance, intrigue, a little mystery, and a family legacy on the line. On sale on Amazon, eBooks and paperback, link in bio.
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