BeautyNZ Magazine Autumn 2024

Business BITES
ABOUT ROSIE
Rosie Holt is a business and success coach who helps entrepreneurs and
creatives understand what’s getting in the way of achieving their big juicy
goals. Her mission is to create a world where business owners always have
a reason to pop the bubbly.
To find out more about Rosie, the transformations she’s had on business
owners and how she could help your business; reach out, she loves a chat.
Or better yet, tell her which of the above tactics you’ve tried in your business.
rosieholt.co | @rosie.coaches | rosie@rosieholt.co
Rosie’s entrepreneurial journey started
almost a decade ago. One of the many
learnings which stands the test of
time, is to make sure that goal setting
isn’t done with a paint by numbers
approach, but by tapping into people’s
individual WHY.
Why are these goals and milestones
important to you and your business?
Why are they your focus? What impact
will they have on the business and most
importantly, are they FUN?
Every business has its own challenges,
and every business owner has their own
goals and desires for their business.
To help plan your best year yet, think
like a business coach and make goal
setting truly aligned with what you want
from your business. Here are six tips
from Rosie designed to help clarify and
develop an effective business plan.
Fast forward 12 months
Ask yourself ‘Where do I want to be in a
years time?’ What does your business
look like? Which clients and customers
do you want to work with? Start at
the finish line and reverse engineer
your goals to fit the business you’ve
dreamed of.
Understand your daily priorities and put
them first.
Starting your day with ‘non-essential’
tasks? A quick check of emails can lead to
unending distraction and wasted time. By
prioritising your essential tasks (the ones
that add value to your clients or help
motivate your team), you can take a load
off and know that if those non-essential
tasks are don’t later, you have done
something important. Unsure what your
priorities are? Go back to that question
you asked yourself at the start of the day.
Adopt a success focused mindset
Mindset isn’t everything but it HELPS.
A wise woman once told me ‘what you
appreciate, appreciates’. In business,
you’re not going to have wins and
successes every day, but focusing your
energy on the negative has a selfperpetuating
effect. Whenever you come
up against blocks, flip the script.
Turn ‘I don’t know how to make this work’
into ‘I know exactly what to do’
‘This isn’t working’ turns into ‘I will
figure it out’
‘I’m not ready turns into ‘I have
everything I need and just need to start’
your process. What’s working? What’s
not? What’s FUN! What tasks can you
ditch? Who can you ask to hold you
accountable?
How will you know what’s working if
you’re not reviewing or measuring your
success or your challenges?
Ditch the guilt
Don’t use the goal achieving process
to define your worth. If you don’t hit
those goals, it doesn’t mean you’re a
failure. It’s not about achieving the goals
but who we become in the process.
Instead of feeling guilt or shame for
not achieving a goal, ask yourself, ‘has
pursuing this goal helped me become
the person I want to be?’
Celebrate your wins
We all need this little reminder, right? It’s
so easy to get caught up in the day to day
that we forget to share and celebrate the
wins, big and small.
Write down those little wins throughout
your weeks and keep them on hand.
On the notes on your phone or post its
on the wall in your office. Seeing a nice
juicy list of wins is bound to pick you
up. Getting disheartened about your
progress? Remember, it’s a marathon,
not a sprint.
7 lessons
Here are 7 lessons I personally learned
the hard way:
• Not setting tangible goals
• Work smarter, not harder
• Ask for help. There’s no need to
go it alone.
• Embrace failure. There really is no such
thing as failure, just opportunities to
learn from our mistakes.
• Knowing your strengths (and
outsourcing your weaknesses).
• There’s never a perfect time to start. If
nothing changes, nothing changes.
• Find a coach or mentor to help you
navigate the journey
At the start of each day,
ask yourself this question
‘What do I want to achieve today?’
Doing this will anchor your decision
making for the day. When questions or
decisions arise, you can revert back to
what you want to achieve. Will doing
this task/doing this collaboration help
my business? It will save you time and
brainpower to focus on what REALLY
matters, ultimately giving yourself more
time (isn’t that what we all really want?)
Even if you don’t have the solutions at
hand, believing in yourself and telling
yourself that you can find the solution is
the first step.
Review your progress and hold
yourself accountable
Hands up who’s set goals before and
ignored them *sheepishly raises hands*.
If you’re not reviewing your progress,
how will you grow? Set time aside every
quarter or every month if you’re really
motivated. Check in and regularly review
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