Post Shift Podcast #100 - Focus — Soole Hospitality Concepts

This is a three part series on something that I want you to take to heart for 2021. 2020 has been good and bad all year but planning now for 2021 is super important. This is FOCUS, part of my Focus, Patience, Success mantra for 2021.

1. Set Goals That Motivate You

Set goals that motivate you to get out of bed every day and continue to make you happy overall. There will be days that get you down but overall, do something that make you happy.

2. Set SMART Goals

SMART goals is the perfect frame work for setting the tone on how you will set into play the strategy of your end goal.

Specific.
Manageable.
Attainable.
Relevant.
Time Bound.

Set Specific Goals

Take your macro goals and break them down to micro goals that can be defined and specific.

Set Manageable Goals

Include key performance indicators and milestones to throughout the goal process. Mini rewards are the perfect way to get to the big one.

Set Attainable Goals

Be realistic with your goals and how they align with your macro goal, this takes a huge amount of self awareness.

Set Relevant Goals

The direction of your life have to in some way align with your goals, if you want to change direction then this is the area that you have to focus on.

Set Time-Bound Goals

Your goals must have a deadline. Again, this means that you know when you can celebrate success. When you are working on a deadline, your sense of urgency increases and achievement will come that much quicker.

3. Set Goals in Writing

Writing your goals down on a big piece of paper and posting it somewhere prominent is a daily reminder to stay the course and where you are headed. It is a great motivation tool.

4. Make an Action Plan

You need a strategy to build your path for success in goals. I can’t tell you enough to build a strategy for goals, the above reason is the motivator.

5. Access and Regear

Goals are an ongoing thing, always be ready to access and change your mind; don’t let society make you feel wrong in changing your mind as often as you like.

Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary space of ‘modern hospitality’—covering topics from front-of-house service, to back-end business operations, and every inch between.