The Coaching Lighthouse

These are some basic, yet important things to consider while setting goals. If you have any questions or realize something during the process, let me know and if you want, share with others!

The first thing to consider while setting any goal is what is your current situation RIGHT NOW! Where are you financially, emotionally, physically and so on... Knowing what is occurring in your life at the very moment of setting a goal is crucial.

Imagine this;

You are planning a vacations to New Zealand (or wherever you wish to go). ou know much of the destination and you would love to go and experience this part that life has to offer you. As you make the arrangment the travel agency asks you where you wan to go and your budget. She comes to a point to where you need to tell her where you are starting from, your home. If you are not clear on this, how can you effectively plan this trip? YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR STARTING FROM!

The second step is to know where you are going. I like to think of myself in five years and what I want it to look like. I assest my current place and then I make goals for the year, month and weeks.

Now that I have my location and the place I want to go my third step is to break down the tasks that will get me there. Is my goal a one year, 2 year or will it take only a few months?

Example: I want to loose weight, 40 lbs. About 10-12 lbs is a dress size. I want to loose it before summer which gives me 5 months which is less than 10 lbs a month and roughly 21 weeks. My goal is to loose 2.5 lbs a week to stay on track and maybe ahead of the game. I choose to go to the gym 2 times a week and cut 3000 calories from my diet per week. Every day I will be trimming less then 500 calories a day from my diet to reach my goal.

By breaking it down to months, weeks and all of the smaller details I am able to know what I can do on a daily basis to support myself to reach my ultimate goal.

The key to all of this is to set yourself up for success!! Make only goals that you want to achieve, that are attainable and have a Specific time frame of completion!

Do you have a goal you want to work on that you need strong support from someone that is rigorous and believes that anything is possible? Give me a call or email me for more information on what it will take for you to have the best year of your life!!

The only true failure is never doing anything to begin with. Start today!!