Crikey, it's April already - how did that happen? Got distracted by some Lidl ludicrousness, and the next thing you know the daffodils are up.
So 2008 is already one quarter down. How's it going for you so far?
Every month this year I have been writing down goals I'm aiming for in that month. It's useful, but because everyone gets motivated differently, you have to play around with the wording to find the version that works for you. For some reason, aiming to go to the gym 3 times a week just doesn't do it for me, but when I aim to go 12 times a month, somehow it happens. Why is that? The numbers and results are basically the same.
I am a great believer in the power of writing things down as a trigger to make them happen. Just that little step of taking the idea out of your head and on to the page often seems to be enough to tip it into reality.
If you have been coached by me, you will be familiar with The Big Form I give you to fill in before the first coaching session. I am thinking of renaming it The Magic Form, because it does seem to have powers beyond what's legally decent for a simple piece of paper.
On the back page clients fill in the things they'd like to achieve in the next few months. Over the next few months we tend to look back over the form to see how things are going. Sometimes people will change their goals, and discover that the things they wanted aren't what they thought they were in the first place anyway.
But the amazing part of it is how often people do get exactly what they asked for. So many times, the client and I have gone back over the form and been able to tick off that yes, they did get exactly what they wanted.
So if there's something you want to happen this year, write it down. Don't write it down then lose it. Write it and look back on it regularly: check your progress, change what you need to. These questions will help:
- What are you currently doing that you want to keep doing? (both in work and personal life)
- What are you currently doing that you don't want to continue with long term?
- When will you stop this?
- What would an ideal working week/month look like to you? (Maybe make a diary of it)
- What are you not currently doing that you would like to?
- What needs to change to make that happen?
- What can you personally do to affect this?
- When will you do that? (Recognising the bits you can't affect might help you avoid putting too much energy into them)
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