To achieve your goals take the SMART approach.
First of all spend some time to prepare yourself mentally to assess and tackle your ambitions.
Visualise it
Visualisation is a powerful tool to use to help you achieve your goal(s). Close your eyes for this exercise and visualise what you want to achieve, imagine yourself doing the thing you want to achieve. What do you see that shows you have achieved your goal? What do you hear? How do you feel? What are other people doing/saying that tells you that you have succeeded?
Write it down
Commitment is key to achieving your goals. Without commitment your goals will die. A way to keep your commitment is to write down your goals and to track your progress along the way. Writing makes it real. Put your written goals in a place where it is easy to see them everyday e.g. on your dresser, on the refrigerator door, on your computer, beside your calendar.
Be Flexible
If something is not working change what you are doing until you can see yourself making progress.
If you have a setback on the way do not let that make you give up. Learn to recognise what caused the setback and deal with it so that you can get back on track and start where you left off.
Involve persons who will support you to achieve your goal(s).
Make Your Goals SMART
S Simple – focus on what you want
Specific – write your goal(s) in positive terms
M Measurable – you want more time for yourself, therefore you need to state how much time you want. Measure intangible things like self confidence by the language people use to describe you in your new state
Meaningful to you – do you really want the goal(s) you have set for yourself?
A As if now – state your goal(s) as if you have it now e.g. I have three hours each week for myself
All areas of your life – spiritual, family, work, finances, emotional and physical health, your own home, contribution to others, personal development, leisure etc.
R Realistic – will you be able to achieve your goal(s) e.g. lose 30lb in one week? Stop procrastinating tomorrow?
Responsible – what impact will achieving your goal(s) have on you, other persons, the world?
T Timed – put a date (and time if appropriate) to when you want to achieve your goal(s)
Towards what you want – put in steps to get you there.
I wish you every success in achieving your goals.
About the Author
Christine Morris is a Life Coach/Peak Performance Coach & NLP Practitioner who specialises in coaching individuals and groups from all walks of life achieve their goals in less time than they thought possible, with results above their expectations.
Email: [email protected] Cell: 876 883 6881
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