Ready? Set. Goals!
“ What would you attempt if you knew you couldn’ t fail?” – Robert H Schuller
Welcome to 2018. It’ s going to be a magical year. If you follow numerology you will know that 2018 is a master number 11- the number of manifestation. This year having a goal and planning is going to be crucial, but the rewards will be amazing.
As mums and business owners, our lives are hectic. They can quite easily get away from us. The best way to ensure you stay on track is to create a specific goal and plan for 2018. Without a goal, you just drift.
When setting goals think big! Be unrealistic and aim for the impossible. Once upon a time people thought that it was impossible to:
• Flip a switch to light different rooms in your house
• Use a telephone without wires
• Fly into space
And now we think nothing of it.
1. Start with a goal.
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So how do you make the impossible, possible.
Write it down. For a goal inside your head is really, just a dream. When you write your goal, you create neural pathways, so you can achieve it. Your goal also needs to have a strong WHY attached to it to help get you through the tough times. The biggest obstacle to achieving your goals is worrying about the‘ how’ before you know the‘ why’.
2. Change your order of thinking You have the power to create an extraordinary life. And it can be as simple as reframing the questions you ask yourself.
When starting on any new project, most people usually say“ What do I have to DO and what do I need to HAVE, so that I can BE …”
For example- I have to grow my business, so I need lots of referrals and then I will be seen as the expert in my field. Change it to:“ Who do I need to BE, so that I can HAVE …, which will help me DO?”
And it becomes: I want to be seen as the expert in my field, so that I have quality referrals, which will help grow my business.
The first sentence has you chasing any referral that comes your way, going for volume over quality. The second says, I will share my knowledge, to attract the right clients, and they will refer the people who need my help. 3. Your goals need to include Risk Traditional goal setting uses the SMART formula, but I like to take it one step further:
IMSMART.
Inspiring Motivating Specific Measurable Achievable Risky Tangible Shouldn’ t that say Realistic? Why Risky?
When using‘ Realistic’ in our goal setting, we set safe goals that aren’ t inspiring or motivating. So, we don’ t achieve them, e. g. I could set a goal to earn $ 1,000 in my business this year. This goal is SMART, but boring.