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Helpful Tips for Sticking To Your Goals

May 24, 2010 on 1:41 am | In life coaching | No Comments

You’ve picked your goal.  You’ve aligned your mind, your energy, your time and your money to reach it.  Now if you could just stick to it long enough to see results….A key to sticking to it is being flexible enough to adapt when initial plans and prior assumptions don’t pan out.  Here are additional tips to help you stick to your goal:

Share the work.  Form a support group of like-minded goalseekers.  Meet on a regular basis to share encouragement and tips.  Share your progress with each other, and promote accountability.

Pace yourself.  Reaching too far too fast is demoralizing.  In many fields, from athletics to business, goals are mapped out over a long-term timeframe.  Runners build up to the marathon.  Writers have drafts before the final product.  CEO’s hold several jobs during their overall career of CEO.   Find out what are realistic progress steps for your ultimate goal and plan accordingly.

Always find the fun.  Goals can be about pushing our limits, improving bad habits, and acquiring new skills.  However, while the ultimate destination may be self-improvement, the journey should still be fun.  If sticking to your goal seems like drudgery, ask yourself whether or not the goal is still relevant.  You want to honor your needs and values, not just prove your sticking power.  If you’re convinced that you’ve identified the right goal, then inject a fun factor in your strategy.  Losing weight does not have to mean x number of trips to the gym, if you’re not a gym rat.  It may mean dancing at the local club, walking to work, doing laps around the mall, or meeting friends over different workouts, rather than at the café.