Why bother to set goals for yourself and take steps to achieve them?
In my view, there is nothing more empowering, more creative, or more confidence building than being able to identify a dream – whether a tentative longing or a wild imagining – and bring it to life.
And the goal setting process is a simple and proven way to do it.
You decide on something you want to have
You create a plan of action for achieving it
You take the steps you decided on
You monitor yourself so you stay on track
You evaluate how effectively your actions are moving you toward
your goal
You make any necessary changes to enhance your progress
As I was gaining proficiency in goal setting myself, my personal coach was invaluable along each and every step of the process — helping me decide which goals I wanted to focus on, working with me to flesh out concise and manageable action plans, keeping my motivation high, and staying right beside me to monitor and evalate how it was working. Though I can sustain this process quite well on my own now, coaching helps me move me through the steps more quickly, and spurs me to embark upon even bigger goals and challenges.
In my next blog, I’ll give an example what successful goal setting looks like.
I’d love to hear from you – has the goal setting process worked for you? Does anything trip you up along the way?
With love,
Mary Lou
