Get in the Driver's Seat

Do you ever set a goal, break it down into all the actions needed to achieve it and then still make no progress towards the goal?

Today, one of my clients was showing me a very impressive action list she had created for one of her goals. The problem was, it was a list both she and I had seen before. In fact one of the reasons she had come to coaching was to finally beginning moving through these actions towards the achievement of her goal.

Now I need to add, that this particular client is a highly motivated, highly successful business woman, so it wasn't as if the achievement of goals was new to her - not at all! It was just that she just couldn't seem to 'make herself' move forward on this one particular goal.

I got my client to stop thinking about how to achieve her goal, and instead to think about how she would think and feel about achieving her goal. By probing in this way, we were able to uncover her true motivators for achieving her goals, as opposed to the coulds, woulds and shoulds, which are never very inspiring at all.

If you find yourself stuck and unable to make progress on one of your goals, ask yourself the following three questions and uncover your real drivers:

How will I feel when I achieve my goal
What will I think when I achieve my goal
What would I say about someone else, if I knew they had achieved this goal

Use your answers to these three questions to create exciting, inspiring and motivating goals that you can't wait to achieve!