Closing out a month is a prime opportunity to take fast, meaningful action. No fluff, no excuses – just little hacks you can perform to get things moving again. Here are 5 growth hacks to end the month strong. Whether you’re running a business or crushing personal goals, use these tricks to hack your progress and make meaningful change.
What Are Growth Hacks?
Growth hacks are lazy-man’s strategies. Simple maneuvers you can implement quickly without investing many resources. They challenge you to think outside the box and identify creative solutions. I like to think of growth hacks like having a mini toolkit at your disposal when you’re feeling lazy.
As with any goal, implementing growth into your business or personal life allows you to leverage a few strategic concepts and perform way better. Growth hacks can be as simple as asking for referrals on Instagram, cross-promoting someone else’s content, or running a simple audit to identify areas of growth.
5 Growth Hacks to End The Month Right
1. Check in with Your Goals
Identify at least one goal you set out for yourself at the beginning of the month. Reviewing your goals gives you a chance to see where you excelled and what you can improve upon. Set aside some time to really think about your objectives.
Ask yourself a few questions. What goals did you hope to achieve? Maybe personal goals, professional goals, short-term, and long-term. Next, reflect on how you did achieving those goals. Did you make significant progress or are you falling short? Understanding where you stand will allow you to make informed decisions moving forward.
Take note of any challenges you faced. What got in the way of achieving your goals? Writing down your obstacles will help you identify areas of improvement and start brainstorming how you can improve those weaknesses. Were you not managing your time well? Did you lose focus? Did an emergency pop up?
Write down your successes and challenges. This will not only allow you to understand your progress but it will help you plan for next month.
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2. Reach Out To Your Network
Relationships are a great way to grow. Chances are you already have an existing network of friends, family members, old coworkers, and even teachers or mentors that can support you in your endeavors. When was the last time you reached out to people with similar interests or goals as you?
Pick up the phone and call an old coworker or classmate. Reconnecting with someone can open new doors for you professionally and personally. You can share your goals with them and they can offer advice or opportunities to help you grow. Conversations can lead to new openings!
You also grow your relationship by reaching out. Contacting someone you haven’t spoken to in a while will allow you to catch up. They may even be looking for an opportunity to support you – whether that be through advice, connections, or working together. Reach out! You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
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3. Implement New Skills
Continuously learning new skills helps you improve but what good are skills if you don’t implement them? Make it a goal this month to start utilizing any new skills you learned. By integrating what you learned into your everyday life you allow that skill to stick and become more beneficial.
Try to complete small tasks that allow you to showcase your new skills. Learning how to do social media for yourself or a business? Create a simple social media strategy for a project you’re working on or volunteer to help a local business with their social media. Implementing your skills will help you fine-tune your strategy and see measurable results.
You should also try practicing your new skill. If you’ve been learning a new language try and speak with someone once a week. This allows you to practice what you’ve learned as well as build a consistency with your practice.
Take inventory of your new skills. Write down what you’ve learned this month and implement at least one of the skills into your everyday life.
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4. Celebrate Yourself
Reward the small things. Something as small as completing a project or sticking to a habit are small victories. Write down your victories no matter how small and give yourself a pat on the back. You can even reward yourself by taking a short break, treating yourself to your favorite snack, or telling someone about your victory.
Rewarding yourself for your accomplishments will create a positive feedback cycle that will allow you to continue pushing forward. Try to look at the little things you conquered that month and celebrate yourself. It’s easy to get caught up in wanting to reach a large goal. However, taking the time to celebrate small victories will leave you feeling less overwhelmed and help maintain your momentum.
5. Plan Ahead
Finally, take some time to plan out the month ahead of you. Think about what worked well for you this month and what didn’t. Adjust your plan accordingly.
Identify some clear goals you want to achieve for the month. Break down your goals into weekly tasks you need to complete. If you’re trying to reach a large goal try breaking it up into smaller goals. Instead of saying you want to grow your social media try publishing 3 quality posts per week. Map out what weeks you’ll complete each task. By breaking down your goals into small tasks, your month will feel less daunting.
Create an action list. Write out every single step you need to take in order to reach your goal and by when. If you’re trying to launch a product or run a campaign, list out every little thing you need to do. Do you need to do more research? Do you need to build out your graphics? When will you promote your new product? Assign dates to your tasks.
Reflecting on your month will allow you to understand your progress and where you can improve. Implementing at least one growth hack will allow you to continue that momentum you built at the end of the month. Pick one hack that resonates with you and take action TODAY. No action, no result!
Choose one of the growth hacks above and take action.
Start taking action towards your goals and you will see results. Learn to embrace consistency. Keep a journal of your progress or use an app to track your goals. Celebrate your small wins and use feedback to your advantage. Implementing small goals will allow you to see results.
Don’t procrastinate, start taking action towards your goals now.
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