Hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas.
Looking forward to wrapping up the year this weekend and excited to get after it in 2024.
This past week I’ve been being “merry”, taking time to relax, and unwind. I’ve also been intermittently working on closing out a few contracts that were running down to the last minute.
Contracts, legal, procurement … yay.
With that said, today’s post will be a quick one. We’ll be back to regularly scheduled programming next Wednesday.
Today I wanted to share part of my annual review along with sketching out what I’m looking to achieve in 2024. A few observations I’ve been thinking about:
Consistency
Humility
Goals
Consistency
There’s something to be said about just showing up each week, even if you don’t feel like it. Part of me actually felt like taking a break but had to keep the streak alive.
I’ve been writing for 35 weeks straight now. Looking back on it now seems crazy.
In that time, I’ve seen my subscriber list grow to 280+. Along the way I’ve also met some incredibly interesting people.
If you’re reading this, thank you. Can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.
Humility
One of the weird realizations of posting on X/Substack is that there is nothing quite like putting stuff out for the world to see. There’s pressure in doing this.
You could be wrong.
You could not hit your goal.
You could fail.
You’ll see some my goals below but here’s why I’m putting all of this out for everyone to see.
Why?
Because you can fail and everyone will know it.
Or
You can succeed and everyone can see how it was done.
Goals
So here’s me putting myself out there. It’ll be fun to see if I can knock these out by December 31st, 2024, or earlier!
Worth noting that I’m only sharing goals that are linked to my professional life. If anyone wants to see personal goals, happy to share those as well.
My Full Time Role
Target of 3x my annual quota
Continue to post customer facing LinkedIn content weekly to drive more inbound leads, can read more on that here.
Close at least two accounts in my book at a 7 figure ACV
Hacking Sales
LinkedIn: 5k followers
X: 2k followers.
Newsletter: 2k subscribers
Revenue: $5k/mo by EOY
Everything I’ve been sharing is how I’m constructing my strategy to get to that goal. Strategy is nothing without execution. Action is nothing without aim.
Closing thoughts
Recently have been reading “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius.
Mind boggling to me that a guy who lived thousands of years ago wrote a book with principles that are still unbelievably relevant today.
So I’ll leave you with this:
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
If you need anything, DM me on X or hit me up at andrew@hackingsales.xyz.
As always thanks for reading. Have a Happy New Year.
See you all in 2024.
-Andrew K