STEP FORWARD TO FULFILLMENT

By Coach June Ahern

Are your goals written?  Written goals have a greater impact. Looking at a written
goal allows you to know if it's reasonable, expresses clearly is what is in your
mind and gives you an opportunity to view if the goal is a true expression of your
personal values.
When you have written your goal your mind is free to be open to new ideas.
Keeping your goals in your mind can cause confusion; the clarity of your initial
purpose can become jumbled in time because life is busy with responsibilities
needing immediate attention. A clear mind is like an open sky – anything can
manifest.

Communication is an important key to achieving goals successfully. Goals move

forward with support from others. To solicit, attract and receive support for your
goals present it both in a timely way and with clarity of context.  If your vision is
not clear to another that getting that support might not be.
To help you communicate your goal successfully, speak what you wrote aloud.
Imagine you are presenting your goal to another. Does it flow easily from you?
Sound reasonable and logical? Express your talents and abilities. Can you
imagine another saying, “Yes! I can see that for you”?
When you are able to match your goals with personal values as well as your
unique abilities and talents other people can support achieving them.
Perhaps you are clear with your goal but when you share it the person (or
people) aren’t available or seem interested. Set up your presentation time and let
the person know what you’d like to go over and how long that might take and if
you know, how you think the person could be helpful to you. You might even
mention how long this could take. “I’d like to bend your ear about a goal I’m
working on and from your own success you might have an idea for me. Could we
meet for about 10/20/30 minutes this week?”

Do your goals have target dates? Goals with dates strengthen and move your
plan forward. They also keep you on track as you check your goal’s progress,
update or change your strategy and consider new options.

Don’t jump forward often, slow and easy and then leap when necessary. The
majority of goals are reached through taking small steps -- like stepping-stones
across a brook. Every once in a while a Big Step or Leap of Faith is needed.

Gremlins will pop up as soon as you set sail to reach goals. As you chart your
course the gremlins will come to the deck and fears of failure will play havoc with
your confidence.  You can make those reasons--"whys" -- sound quite
reasonable and logical. The best approach to the gremlins is to turn them
into sub-goals or steps making them the strategy that forward goals. 

Please let Coach June know is any or all of these suggestions have forwarded
your goals. sfcoaching.com