Tips for Targeting Your Goals
Whatever it is, the way you work towards it can make all the difference.
Do you find yourself amped-up at the beginning of a new calendar year to revamp and level up in one or more areas of your life only to realize a few months (or even weeks) you went from celebrating the ball drop to dropping the ball? Suddenly, your plans to save money, lose weight, grow your business, eat healthier, or spend more time with family get replaced or neglected altogether? If so, you are not alone. It is no secret that resolutions are made with the best of intentions-perhaps even written down but stuffed neatly into a drawer or notebook and forgotten.
Often, failed goals are not due to a lack of desire but rather lack of clarity. You know what you want but not exactly how to get there or adapt and recover when you hit roadblocks. So why is it that statistically, people struggle to accomplish their goals? What happens between the onset of a well-intended goal and accomplishing it?
It’s a lack of clarity.
Everyone has goals and dreams. DREAM BIG is instilled in us from when we are children playing make-believe. We are acting out something we currently want in real life. We are encouraged to stretch our imaginations and expand our thoughts into believing we can do anything! While there is a thin line between fantasy and big dreams, nothing is necessarily wrong with believing we can achieve blissfulness in life. However, it requires a balance of grit, choice, and a strategic action plan. In other words, be your Fairy Godmother, but work smarter-not harder.
Goals.
We all have them. We all want to accomplish them. But the reality is if we don’t set ourselves up for success with a clear and strategic action plan it can become nearly impossible to get to where we want to be.
People are GREAT at dreaming big but not at creating the steps to follow and assess the progress on the way there. Additionally, there’s often a lack of supporting elements: VALUES and WHY.
So how do we plan accordingly? Long gone are the days of arbitrary plans of weight loss, healthier eating, saving money, or “resolutions”. Ringing in the New Year now includes realistic expectations and sustainable outcomes, as well as an action plan on how to get from point A to point B as well as the REASON behind it. Goals need to be made with a clear mindset of strategic action aligned with a target, direction, and impact throughout the process. Let’s face it: if your way hasn’t worked so far, then there is room for improvement and guidance. Luckily, I am hosting a FREE Webinar on Activating Your Year but for those who are more into the Cliff Notes version (no judgment), I also included below a brief example of how this looks, sounds, and feels.
Through a series of self-reflection questions, this strategic coaching process helps navigate a goal of “I want to lose weight” into a concise, measurable, and timely plan. It replaces vague, open-ended desires with actual accountability steps and clarity. It’s a 5 step process that truly will reset the way you make and work towards goals.
The outcome of this should align with core values, why, and timely planned assessments. For example: “I want to lose 100 by next Christmas” is a great idea and can come with a strategic action plan. However, it’s equally important to work backwards in relation to realistic expectations. How many lbs a month/quarter? If you’re going on vacation for 3 weeks one month, that’s probably not going to be a season of deficit so it’s important to work around that in order to make it a reality.
If you’re ready to dive deeper into the actual step-by-step action planning towards your goals, I am hosting a FREE webinar on Jan 19th at 6pm EST (replay will be temporarily available). Check out the details here!
