Three Simple Tips to Help You Achieve Your Goals
The research is in and these three simple steps will improve the likelihood of achieving the goals you set for yourself.
1. Write them down. Yes, it is that simple. Write down every goal you have for every aspect of your life along with your target date. Better if you write down your specific action steps but if nothing else, write your goals down.
2. Make a public commitment. You don't need to run a newspaper ad but certainly, tell a friend, a trusted adviser, spouse, or friends about the goals that are important to you. This allows others in your inner circle to become allies in your progress toward your goal and to notice where they can support you. It also creates a little self-imposed pressure on you to do what needs to be done to achieve your goals.
3. Create accountability. Some times, it is easy to let yourself down, rationalize, or give yourself too much wiggle room to fail. So, find an accountability partner. This can be a mentor, significant other, coach, or a master mind group. The idea is to go on record with someone else not only about your goal but about your specific action steps. What will you do? When will you do it? And how will your accountability partner know? Then report in on your progress. I check in with my clients at the beginning of every coaching call and also by email. There is also a courageous (and very public!) trend around for people to declare their goals on blogs and to report on their progress to anyone who will read about it. Check it out. You'll see people reporting on training for marathons, losing weight, changing eating habits, finding work they love and improving work/life balance.
These three steps are simple, simple, simple! Why not use them?
To your success,
Lora
Lora Banks, PCC, CPCC
Certified Professional Coach
