Happy Halloween, my friends! I hope you are celebrating today with smiling jack-o-lanterns, spooky movies, and happy trick-or-treaters.

Of course, Halloween falls on the last day of October, which means we are about to enter the crucial, final two months of the year. This is crunch time for the goals we set for ourselves this year. It is also when the holiday season starts barrelling down on us, with its many demands for our time and energy.

As savvy business owners, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs, it’s important to pause amidst our busy schedules for a little self-reflection.

When’s the last time you asked yourself, “Am I where I want to be professionally?”

“Are my actions getting me the results I desire?”

“Do I have a healthy work-life balance?”

As busy professionals with many responsibilities and mounting to-do lists, we often don’t take the time to evaluate where our businesses are holding, and how that compares to where we want them to be.

Investing in professional growth and development seems to take a back seat to managing—or juggling—our abundant day-to-day responsibilities.

With the new year around the corner, it’s easy to accept the status quo and put off setting and pursuing goals until January 2025—if and when we can find the time. But that would be an unproductive and sometimes even destructive mentality.

You don’t want to find yourself in the same shoes next year, with the same difficulty generating good leads, closing sales, or expanding your market.

Have your sales reached a plateau?

Are you having a difficult time closing prospecting calls?

Are you putting in the hours but not yielding your desired results? The time to explore why is NOW!

If you want to overcome the obstacles holding you back from accelerating growth in your business, I challenge you to take action well before the ball drops this New Year’s Eve. Now is the time to create a plan, to set measurable short and long term goals, and to identify an accountability partner who can hold you to task.

Your strongest competitors will have done their preparations for 2025 well in advance. They’ll be armed with clear action plans and ready to hit the ground running. Will you?

By waiting until the new year to address the issues, strategies, and mindsets holding you back from building a legacy business, you run the risk of being left behind.

The promising news is that the next two months don’t have to be a write-off. This is actually an opportune time to buckle down, examine the reasons why you’re struggling to reach benchmarks in your business, and decide how you want to adjust your short and long-term goals.

As an entrepreneur myself, I know that running a business can be all encompassing. When you’re absorbed in your day-to-day responsibilities, it can be hard to see the forest for the trees.

With 46 years of sales and coaching experience, I’m passionate about helping my clients take a much needed step back, gain some perspective into the bigger picture, and develop tangible action plans that will get you the results you deserve.

If you want to improve the outcome of your networking efforts, strengthen your closing rates, and discover the proven strategies necessary to boost your sales before the year ends, you’ll gain momentum with me in your corner as your personal expert business coach, strategist, and accountability partner.

Together, we can take stock of where you did – and didn’t – succeed this past year and develop a plan of action that will set you apart from your competitors in the year to come. Contact me today so that you can finish 2024 strong.

 

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Celeste Giordano’s mission is to help business owners develop the skills, knowledge and attitude necessary to “DoublePlus™” their income and become effective and inspirational leaders in their fields. Whether it’s taking your successful business to the next level or starting a new venture, she will teach you the exact skills and strategies you need to enroll more quality prospects, build a rock-solid team, and break through obstacles to achieve real profit and lasting success. Celeste is a professional business growth specialist, a master sales strategist, and dynamic speaker with more than 40 years experience in direct sales and managing high-performing teams.

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