How to Get What You Want Pt 2

Part 2: The goal setting workshop
Mapping out what you want in your life from hereon in!

Dont forget to complete your assignments!

HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT

Part 2

The goal setting workshop - mapping out what you
want in your life from hereon in!

Thank you for completing the first session.

Hopefully you have put some things into perspective in your life?

Many people who complete part 1 really have to do some soul searching and find that it is such a valuable lesson.

Did you think that you needed to start work on some things and to stop certain things as well?

Assignment 1

Before we carry on, have another quick look at what you put down last week and having had time to reflect on what you put, answer the questions below:

What was the one learning point that came out of the exercise more than any other?

What are you going to start to do?

What are you going to stop?

What have you been putting up with in the past that you shouldnt have been?

What are you going to do instead of this?

What are you going to move towards in the future?

Ok , now is the time when you can be a little kid again! (But I already am, I hear you cry!)

I would like you to complete the following goal setting workshop to really focus on what you want in the future.

Throughout the exercise I want you to dream big dreams and little dreams.

Let there be no limits to your thinking!

Ok, here comes the exercise!

Create Your Goals

In order to feel confident you need to have some certainty in your life that what you are doing is contributing to an end result.

What you completed in session 1 was to put your life into perspective and to look at what it all means to you when all is said and done.

We are all goal seeking animals and the worst thing you can do is to mistake activity for accomplishment because then you wonder why you are not achieving anything in life and when you feel like that your confidence takes a battering.

Have you got any goals mapped out for each area of your life?

If not, then read on and complete this exercise.

Goal Creation Exercise:

With regards to the following areas in your life:

Career
Relationships
Fun
Achievements
Money
Possessions

Take 6 pieces of paper for the 6 areas above and under each heading brainstorm for 3 minutes and write down all of the things you would like to have, achieve and do in each area.

Dont worry about how big the goals seem, just get them down and dont think too much about them  just keep writing!

After you have completed the first part of the exercise you should have 6 pieces of paper full of everything that you would like to achieve for each area.

Next, Id like you to write down timescales next to each of when you would like to realistically achieve them by.

The timescale categories are:

Less than 1 year
1  3 years
3 years plus

So, lets recap where we are!

You should have got 6 lists of things that you want to achieve in the 6 areas of your life mentioned above and you have categorized each into when you would like to achieve them by.

Next, Id like you to take your LESS THAN 1 YEAR goals for each area and select the top 2 for each one.

So now you have got 12 goals that you can achieve within 1 year.

Before we start to write down an action plan (thats next week by the way) of how to achieve each goal Id like you write down the compelling reasons why achieving each goal is an absolute must for you.

Unless you have compelling reasons why you MUST make these goals happen then you will not have the motivation to achieve them.

Having goals that are SHOULDS will not get you out of bed each day and keep you up late!

Youve got to turn your I SHOULD DO THIS to I MUST DO THIS

So, below write out what the goal is and why you MUST achieve it.

What pleasure will it give you?

What will you be able to do?

What will you miss out on if you dont complete it?

Why is it so important to you?

Why is this a MUST rather then a SHOULD?

To recap then!

Brainstorm what you want in each area of your life
Put timescales next to each
Select your less than 1 year goals
Pick 2 goals from each of these.
Write down the compelling reasons why achieving each is a must in less than one year

Next time we will look at your goals and write detailed action plans!