What are your personal income goals?

Business Acumen
Written By Stacia Aylward

The Challenge

Set a goal for what you want your personal income/salary to be five years from now. Be sure to accommodate for increases in cost of living and any major lifestyle changes you anticipate. Aside from salary, how much vacation time do you want to be able to take? What other benefits are important to you?

Why do this?

Plan for success; don't wait for it to come to you. We often don't think about our salary goals unless we are job hunting or up for a promotion, but proactively considering your personal income goals will change your mindset to be more forward-thinking, ambitious, and strategic in your career.

Regularly setting and striving to achieve personal income goals will help you throughout your career. Having these goals will help ensure that you don't become complacent or hit a brick wall in your advancement that would prevent you from living the lifestyle you desire.

What’s next?

Create a high-level map or action plan for how you will achieve your goal within the next five years. What do you need to change or do RIGHT NOW in order to help yourself get there?

Stacia Aylward

Zelos CEO Stacia C. Aylward is an executive leader and lifelong learner with broad professional experience in envisioning and leading programs, projects and teams; facilitating and teaching adults; conducting research; and developing client relationships using proven methodologies in many government and technical fields, including economics, education, healthcare, housing, non-profit governance, IT and law. Stacia holds a master’s degree in Communication and Information, a bachelor’s degree in English, a Six Sigma black belt certification, and a Coach Approach to Leadership credential.

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