The Truth No One Tells You About Your 2021 Goals

January 3, 2021

As we walk into this beautiful new year together, I encourage you to take some time to reflect back on how far you’ve come. We are closing a chapter on a challenging year and before we move onto your big, bold dreams for 2021, I want you to sit in the now and feel gratitude for all you’ve done.

Okay, now that we’ve reflected, it’s time to dive into 2021 goals.

But there’s something I want to tell you that others won’t: there might be something wrong about your goal planning process.

Now hear me out, friend. We need to have an honest conversation about the biggest truth no one is willing to share about your goals as you head into this beautiful new season. 

In our industry, we spend so much time and energy buying products to help make goal setting easier or we attend workshops to teach us “how to set goals the right way”. We sit and scroll through our best, most inspirational, goal-oriented hashtags on Instagram to help get all the ideas of what we should be chasing after in the new year. But realistically, we’re turning our focus for how to craft our best goals outward—searching for ideas, inspiration, and insight—that we’re actually missing a powerful opportunity to look inward and glean the most truth from ourselves.

Keep on reading to discover the biggest reason I believe your 2021 goals need a loving hit of reality.

The hard truth no one will tell you about your 2021 goals

So here’s the truth, friend. What no one is willing to tell you about your 2021 goals—but I am because we’re friends here and friends tell friends the hard truth so they can grow—is that you’re going to fail. 

I know, that feels harsh but it’s a fact. 

You are going to fail.

As you move into this new year you’re going to have goals on your to-do list and dreams on your vision board that you don’t hit and bring to life. 

But here’s the thing. Your failures do not define you.

Although failure is a given, it does NOT correlate to your success. It doesn’t correlate to your ability to scale your business or your ability to grow.

What matters most here is how you reframe those failures. 

HOW TO REFRAME YOUR FAILURES

I’m a big believer that the industry leaders you look up to—the people you love to listen to on your Podcast app or the books you buy the minute they hit the shelf—have all encountered big and small failures.

But they didn’t let those failures keep them down. If they allowed that to happen, they wouldn’t be writing National Bestsellers, crafting chart-topping podcasts, or appearing on the stage at the latest conference you attended.

Instead, they chose to do one thing dramatically different: they reframed their relationship with failure.

This my friend, is the true marker of a tenacious, successful creative. Instead of looking at failure and asking yourself, what does this say about me? We need to turn the conversation away from how failure defines your worth, success, or ability as an entrepreneur and instead focus on what that failure can teach you.

If you allow yourself to build a gentle relationship with failure that makes all the difference. Instead of feeling defined by how many failures you experience, look at what lessons those failure can bring into your life.

How can you grow from your failure?

How can you rise from those facedown moments?

THE MINDSET AROUND GOALS

Sitting in this mindset is where you will see the most growth in this beautiful new year. 

Now, I’m not sharing this “you will fail” mindset to be a Debbie downer for what the 2021 season will bring. I’m sharing this with you to encourage you that you have endless possibility in how you grow this year.

Your failures, successes, the areas where you maybe just missed the mark. Those things are not going to speak to your worth as an entrepreneur and they don’t speak to your ability to grow either.

This all boils down to how you reframe your relationship with failure. Failure is not a measure of success or ability, but instead a teaching opportunity to really tap into how high you can go.

GOAL PLANNING SUCCESS

If this is something you’re ready to dive deeper into in 2021, then I’m excited to share you don’t have to walk this journey alone. I’m honored to fill this role within the lives of the incredibly tenacious and talented women who are a part of my six-month group coaching program, the Heartfelt Brand Society.

For me, it’s more than guiding these women through my insight over the past eight years as a designer and strategist.  And it’s more than just teaching them the strategies they need to grow their businesses and pursue that “what’s next” goal on their own terms. I’m truly honored to be their sounding board and the person who walks alongside them as they navigate failures. 

It is a humbling joy to serve as the person who helps these women look at tough situations or a dream that didn’t come to fruition and access what that experience can teach them. It’s from those moments, I’ve seen my group coaching gals experience a deeper level of growth and experience brighter and bolder levels of success then they originally anticipated. 

If that sounds like the relationship you’re looking for in 2021, I’ve got some good news for you. Doors for the Heartfelt Brand Society are reopening in early 2021 and I want you to be on the list. 

There are only a handful of spots available. I would be honored to walk alongside you in the coming months. Pop your name below to be added to the waitlist and be the first to know when doors swing open. 

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My name is Bonnie – I’m a brand designer, strategist, and writer which all adds up to one eclectic conglomeration of qualities that enables me to serve you well! Past clients have dubbed me "the Joanna Gaines of brand design," and I've had more than a few call me a dream maker, a game changer, and a design wizard (my Harry Potter-loving heart didn't hate that one, let me tell you!). At the end of the day, I'm a big-hearted creative who will get teary-eyed as you share the heart behind your business; who will lose sleep over the perfect font pairings and color selections to bring your brand to life visually; and who will work tirelessly to empower, encourage, and equip you to share your work with the world intentionally. 

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