HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT WITH THE RIGHT GOALS

HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT WITH THE RIGHT GOALS

Are Your Goals SMART?

Do you really want “what you get” after achieving your goals? Or maybe you’ve missed hitting the target once again and can’t understand why goal achievement seems allusive.
 
For a long time, I didn’t understand why I felt let down after achieving a big audacious goal. It took the loss of loved ones for me to figure out that I needed to get current on what I valued the most. Sometimes in our darkest hours, we can see the light and uncover our deeper strengths. If we have the courage and a positive mindset, we can even find the sparks of hope and joy in how to move forward. Living our highest values and tapping into our deeper strengths, allows for setting the right goals that will help us get what we really want.
 
Purpose-driven people all have in common that they are crystal clear about what is most important to them and adopt values that guide their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Our personal and professional lives are interconnected. I’ve been coaching executives since 2011. In that time, I’ve observed how these inspirational people know what’s most important to them and prioritize their highest values when necessary.
 
The connections between my highest value and what sparks joy was again tested recently. I was writing an episode for my show, Monday Morning Motivation- Refresh Your Why when it struck me. Without really thinking about it, I was re-prioritizing my highest value again.

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I had a challenge with my girlfriend, my business, and my health. My life partner and I have a fantastic relationship. But like any couple, we also have our share of tough times.
 
We’re rapidly growing a branch of my business New Mindset Academy, and ran into a few hurdles. What seems pretty straightforward in the planning stages, has turned into a complex set of new problems.
 
To complete the triad, I am also recovering from another round of COVID. Here’s to the “new normal” without COVID 19.
 
I found myself in another opportunity to practice what I teach to my clients and audience. It was a perfect time to reset my S.M.A.R.T. goal and pivot my action-taking.

Those people that have been initiated in the best ways of setting goals know that in order to have a successful outcome you have to be SMART. When setting goals qualify them using the S.M.A.R.T. criteria.

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CHANGE WHAT YOU DO UNTIL YOU GET THE DESIRED OUTCOME

Don’t get attached to a particular activity, remain fluid in your process. Measure the effectiveness of the incremental goals and refine them as needed. Measure the process with these six steps.
 

1. Outcomes. What are the possible outcomes when you achieve this goal? Will it bring you closer to your vision or take you further away?
2. Options. What are all of your options? Could you do something a little differently to get the outcome?
3. Consequences. What is the upside and the downside in achieving the goals?
4. Evaluate. Measure the probably of the upsides and the downsides.
5. Mitigate. Know the downsides to accomplishing the goal and minimize them.
6. Resolve. Determine what you need to do to make it happen, then do it!

ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS WITH THE HELP OF A PERSONAL COACH

You don’t have to go it alone. New Mindset Academy can help with personal coaching. Your coach is in your corner when you need encouragement to get over a hurdle. That same person is an expert in the areas that you want help to improve. They are always on your side and don’t have any bias that would influence the collaboration. Your New Mindset Academy personal coach will ask you deep and meaningful questions to help you identify what you really want in life and to better understand your world. Together, you will develop an action plan of real, attainable steps to move you closer to your bigger vision. This plan is really a map that will get you where you want to go for achieving your goals.

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