The beginning of the year is a great time to take stock and make some changes. When I meet with a client for the first time, I start with a fact finding session. With the results from this discussion, we get a complete list of problems we want to solve, a sense of what they’re costing, and what success in overcoming them means. Here they are:

1. What’s working?
2. What’s not working?
3. What’s causing the issues?
4. Why is this important now?
5. What does success look like?

If you’ve got a problem to solve, do one small thing today to get the momentum going. Start by spending 10 minutes answering these questions.