WEEKLY COACHING TIP #129

 

THE POWER TO CHANGE (PART 2)

 

If you downloaded the Goals List form last week's tip, you should now have some thoughts and ideas around the various areas of your life you want to focus on for 2005.

But before that, what about 2004? How has your year been?

Step 1: REVIEW 2004

• If you actually set your goals last year by writing them down, get your paper out.
• Otherwise look at the Goals List from last week and the areas you may have consciously or sub-consciously tried to improve/begin in 2004.
• Look at it and notice what has happened: what has still stayed the same and what goals may have changed for you.
• What specifically helped you to achieve them, or not?

• Now, what do you truly desire from each or some of these areas listed on the Goals List?
• Just before you begin formulating what you truly want, write down on a piece of paper what you don't want, whether it's about 'things' or 'feelings':
  • I don't want to feel like ... .e.g. I don't want to feel like life is a struggle
  • I don't want to not have ... e.g. I don't want to not have lots of money
  • I don't want ... e.g. I don't want a new career

Got the idea. Really go to town on your 'don't wants'.  What this does is helps you to become clearer on the 'pain' or at least the not very pleasant feelings of what you don't want. 

• Once you have done this you can get clarity on the things you really want. 
• So lets turn around the 'I don't wants above', e.g.
  • I feel really happy and connected in my life with an inner joy
  • I have an abundance of money that comes to me in amazing ways, through the work I do, the people I attract
  • My work is now something I love doing and I contribute in fantastic ways that keep me happy and other people benefit too

The idea here is that you really get some emotion into what you do want. This is helping you set up your internal system to focus on your goals and begin to heighten different vibrations in your being to attract more of what you do want. You really need to visualise having achieved your goal(s) so you are in fact working backwards and can see the steps you need to take to get where you want.

 

• Open the One Year Goal form.
• Print it off and write down you 3-5 main goals.

• Open the Action Towards Goals form.
• Print it and write in your goals and the date when you ideally would like to achieve them. 
• Look at the possible obstacles and solutions. 
• After that, it's crucial you put in your first action step, making sure you really can and will do it with a date. 
• When you've done this for all your goals, think about the second and third steps and write them in your diary. ACTION IS THE KEY! 
• After you have done this, have a big cup of tea!
• Then put them somewhere where you have to see them at least daily. Don't forget to decide which is going to be your first action step, then the next and the next.  Otherwise it becomes a wish list!
• You may also want to refer back to the WCT archive (there's a new search engine just for the tips) and read some of the tips around goal setting and visualising.  It really helps the process

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