MYB153: The 90-Day Business Plan: How to Hit Your Targets Every Quarter

In this episode of the Max Your Business Podcast, hosts Ben Fewtrell and David Carlin dive into why having clear, actionable SMART goals is the real secret to driving growth in your business.

Effective goal setting requires far more than jotting down a wish list on New Year's Eve. To see real progress, you need a structured, measurable plan that aligns with your ultimate vision and actively holds you to account. Ben and David share practical tips, mindset shifts and exactly why starting with the end in mind changes everything. They also tackle the reality of 90-day planning, unpacking why so many business owners reach the end of a quarter only to realise they have missed their targets.

If you are tired of carrying the same unachieved goals over month after month, this episode will challenge how you plan and help you finally hit those milestones.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 - Welcome to the Max Your Business Podcast

02:03 - The reality of 90-day planning (and why tasks get left behind)

04:57 - Mindset shift: moving from setting 'goals' to defining 'outcomes'

05:39 - Why most of our goals are actually just good intentions

09:07 - Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) and testing what is realistic

13:31 - The reverse engineering process: beginning with the end in mind

17:01 - Breaking down the SMART acronym step by step

19:16 - What to do when you realise you are going to miss your deadline