Voici comment vous pouvez vous fixer et atteindre des objectifs ambitieux dans votre carrière entrepreneuriale.

To set and achieve ambitious goals in your entrepreneurial career, start by defining clear and specific goals that align with your long-term vision. Use the SMART criteria to ensure your goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Break down these goals into smaller, actionable steps to make them more manageable and less daunting. Prioritize tasks based on their impact and urgency, and create a structured plan with deadlines to stay on track. Regularly review and adjust your goals as needed, seeking feedback and learning from both successes and failures. Stay motivated by celebrating milestones and maintaining a positive mindset, and seek support from mentors and peers to stay accountable and focused.

Para definir e alcançar metas ambiciosas em sua carreira empreendedora, siga estes passos: estabeleça objetivos claros e específicos usando a metodologia SMART; crie um plano de ação detalhado com prazos; desenvolva as habilidades necessárias; conecte-se com mentores e outros empreendedores; mantenha a motivação e a persistência, celebrando pequenas vitórias; e revise e ajuste suas metas periodicamente. Esses passos ajudarão a manter o foco e a garantir o progresso contínuo em sua jornada empreendedora.

In the process of an entrepreneurial development career, it is essential to continuously look at where you are, and where you want to go from here, by either looking at your intuition and imagination, or to a role model who has, what you want to have for your life. Once you see the next threshold you want to achieve define the end goal so clear that you see yourself already celebrating it when you get there. Next work on your timeline starting from the end date, back to today with 2 to 3 defined milestones on the way. Then identify all the resources you will need, assuming there are no constraints. Finally work diligently on achieving the milestones, especially if you need to align resources, these will just show up whenever needed.

If you want to set ambitious goals within your career you have to have a big "WHY" outside of your career. Ambitious goals require sweat equity, time, and a steady stomach for the ride of being an entrepreneur. Your reason, your WHY for reaching that achievement has to be big enough to help you keep stepping forward when you experience failure, plateaus, or you feel like giving up. You will succeed with ambitious goals if your WHY is big enough.

I disagree with the above, except when discussing entrepreneurs with a structural school of thought or experience. The primary focus should be on the mission to create an impactful product or solve a problem in the market. While I greatly appreciate the SMART process, it is most effective during the scalable phase. The key is to clearly define the need and create a solution. This involves tackling small issues as they arise, much like a baby learning to walk. The baby observes others walking, starts by crawling, and eventually learns to walk and run, even teaching others how to walk. There are levels to being an entrepreneur, and certain tools are suited for different stages.

At this point if you are working diligently on your plan, be totally on the look for resources, these will drop out nowhere when needed. Keep always in mind, before the invention of the incandescent bulb, there were 99,000 successful misses until at the 10,000 time, the goal was achieved. At no time in the process existed “failures”. Similarly, when our country set a goal to step on the moon in 10 years, lots of uncertainties existed in the plan, however, everyone on them was overcome with hard work and creativity.

One of the first steps in identifying the resources you need is to find individuals who have already walked the path you are about to embark on. As the saying goes, "there is nothing new under the sun." Just like the baby learning to walk example I mentioned earlier, it is crucial to learn from those who came before you and understand the steps they took to succeed. Therefore, finding a mentor becomes an invaluable resource, guiding you toward each essential resource necessary to achieve your goal. If you cannot find a mentor nearby or within your community, the internet offers a vast array of opportunities to learn from experts remotely, helping you navigate your journey effectively.

The best strategy, in my opinion, is to remain flexible. A strategy is only as effective as the people implementing it. If strategy alone were the recipe for success, then there would be countless Cristiano Ronaldos and Serena Williamses. Ultimately, success boils down to an individual's willpower. No matter how much care you put into planning, it merely helps you understand the scope of the work required. What truly determines success is your mental strength and willingness to confront the complexities of the task at hand. This resilience is what will enable you to emerge as competent in your field as an entrepreneur.

When I set out my goals, I set two intermediate clear milestones in addition to the third which is the end goal. Then each milestone I break into 3 sub-milestones. This allows me to adjust or correct the plan as needed. Keep the “who moved my cheese” syndrome present at all times, the cheese may not be at the point you imagined or expected, it may be somewhere else, but guaranteed it will be there if you seek it with all of your energy. In my particular case faith is my driving force.

You spent so much of your time on energy on creating your plan, now it is the time to work on your plan. Diligently, with tenacity, resilience, courage, but most importantly FAITH on yourself. Ask for help whenever you need it, your are not a superhuman, be humble and the world will be humble with you. At this point, the word “trying” ceases to exist, you become the source matter of your creation, I often tell my clients or mentees, I live to achieve my goals or die in the intent. So far it has worked like a Swiss watch.

Avoid any temptation for procrastination. Spend appropriate time on assessing each milestone. Take the time and courage to make prompt adjustments when needed. Hopefully you have identified and appointed you champions who will support on your plan, hopefully you have vested with some form of interest on the project, seek continuous feedback from them. They all want you to succeed.