Written on December 13th, 2009 by Susan Kersleyno shouts
If you want to make this the year you really will achieve your New Year Resolutions then here are the steps you must take:
1.Be absolutely clear what you want to achieve during the coming year.
2. Break down your main goal into smaller steps which will be the way you can check your progress towards your goal.
3..Make a plan. This is the map which will guide you towards achieving what you want. The plan will list the steps and the dates by when you want to have completed them.
4. Do something, however small towards your goal each day. Small steps build into progress when you do something regularly.
5. As you complete each step, tick it off on your plan. Be creative: you could stick a star on your calendar as you move forward and achieve.
6. Keep focused on the goal and follow your routine of a small step each day so that it becomes an automatic habit.
7. Find other people to support and encourage you. It’s easier to make progress towards your goal if you have some non-judgmental support a supportive member of your family, from a coach or mentor, or a friend. Tell them what will help you so they can let you have the support you need.
8. Be creative and explore different ways to achieve what you want rather than give up. Sometimes you can find new ways to reach your goal.
9. Don’t neglect yourself eat healthy foods, take regular exercise and have enough sleep.
10. Celebrate 2010 as your best year yet as you reach your goals.
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Written on November 30th, 2009 by Susan Kersleyno shouts
Goal planning involves several things but one of the most important is to set a date to achieve your goal. You may not be achieving your goal because you haven’t yet done this so you haven’t been able to fully focus on what you are moving towards achieving.
The reasons this is so important is:
• People who write their goals are more likely to achieve. Not only will you imprint what you’ve written into your subconscious mind but also you create a reference point for yourself to define where you are at the start of the process of change and where you hope to be when you’ve traveled along the road of change.
• Deciding on the date by when you want to have succeeded gives you the motivation to take action and do things differently
• You can plan how and when you will do the steps towards achieving your goal. Most goals will have small steps you have to take to get to your final destination. Make sure you define the small chunks and decide when and where you will be able to do those steps and move yourself forward.
• It will keep you focused on your objectives. It can be easy and commonplace to be distracted along the way by others who try to influence you and distract you from your chosen path.
So prepare your timetable for change with dates and times when you will take each action you have to take to reach your goal. Leave time if possible for some celebration as you succeed along the path because you will achieve more this way and it’s fun to acknowledge your achievements.
Written on November 29th, 2009 by Susan Kersleyno shouts
Are you frustrated by failing to achieve the goals you’ve set yourself even though you believe you are very motivated? Perhaps this is happening because you fail to follow the three important goal setting strategies you need in order to succeed. These are:
- Be even more precise about what you want to achieve. You have already made your goal more detailed than something such as ‘I want to be happier.’ You now say for example ‘I don’t want to feel low every day.’ Trouble with this goal is that it’s based on what you don’t want rather than on what you do want. Make it positive. Make it specific.
- Set yourself a realistic time scale. If you’ve failed to set a deadline for your goal achievement you are more likely to fail to achieve it. Set a very precise date so that it becomes like a deadline at work and you can experience the necessary pressure to get yourself taking the actions you need to every day in order to achieve what you want.
- Make a plan, write it down, look at it every day and follow it until you achieve what you want. It’s too easy to be distracted when you are lacking in the discipline of following a routine. As you complete each step, tick it off on your plan. Be creative with coloured pens and make a pleasing visual display of your progress.
Follow these three strategies for goal achievement and you will succeed mush more quickly than you would without them.
Coaching can be the push you need to get those things done.
