Make your Goals Work

People tend to come to me with goals. Brilliant! [I am mad for a goal.]

I am, however, mad for a goal that is going to work: one that can actually be achieved.

Often times, goals arrive with me sounding a bit like this: I want to be more confident / I want to be happier / I want a job that I love. They are very general; they require a tweak.

If you’re currently working with general goals, without much success, try adding on these three words: as evidenced by.

So, for example – I want to be more confident, as evidenced by me:

• presenting to the partners at the monthly meeting
• asking that person out for a coffee
• wearing the orange dress I love but always keep at the back of my wardrobe
• smiling at the ridiculously.beautiful.coffee.person when they hand me my latte
• booking a solo trip to Mexico

If you’re working towards a very general goal, it can be difficult to determine actions that will help you achieve it. It is also difficult to recognise when you have achieved it…and so know when to pull out the good champagne!

See how you go with this small change [and let me know!]

Tags: confidence, goals