As a coach, I help people achieve their personal and professional goals. I find that many people are intimidated when it comes to setting goals. They've taken a seminar or read a book that made goal setting seem like a complicated process.
It isn't. Let me share with you a quick two-step process that will get you started on the way to achieving your goals. If you've got a minute in the morning, you've got all the time you need to map out your goal for the week.
Step One: Start every goal with "I want."
Simple, isn't it? What do you want? I want a new career. I want to lose 10 pounds. I want to start a business. I want more freedom. I want less stress. Every goal is an unmet need, an unfulfilled desire. Spend your first ten seconds asking yourself "What do I want?"
Step Two: Follow every "I want" with "I will."
You know where you want to go, spend the remaining 50 seconds choosing one thing you can do this week to get there. I want a new career so I will make a list of all the things I enjoy doing. I want to lose 10 pounds so I will take a 15 minute walk every day this week. I want to start a business so I will research the process to incorporate in my state.
Obviously, you won't lose 10 pounds by walking 15 minutes a day for a week but it will start you moving in the right direction. Achieving a goal takes momentum and nothing builds momentum like success. Walk 15 minutes a day this week and next week your goal may be, "I want to lose 10 pounds so I will walk 20 minutes every day this week."
Building on each success will motivate you to continue down the path to your long-term goal one short-term goal at a time. I see too many people stay right where they are because when they stop to map out their journey, the distance between where they are and where they want to be seems insurmountable.
Break down those seemingly impossible long-term goals into a series of steps and suddenly people realize they can do this. So the next time you think you don't have time for goals, try out my short and sweet system and see where it leads you. Every week, celebrate your progress and invest another minute in setting your goal for the week to come.
They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. When will you take the first step to where you want to be?
Linda Crowder is the author of "Life Isn't Just Luck" and founder of Focus Forward, LLC. She provides virtual coaching to help individuals meet their personal and professional goals. For information on how personal coaching can help you, visit her website at http://www.focusforwardllc.net/Personal-Coaching.html
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