April Fools Planning

I'm not talking about planning your next April Fools prank.

Did you realize that one quarter of the year has just slipped past? 3 full months! How are you going on your goals for this year? Is it "Oh yeah!" or "Oh shoot!"

If it was the latter, then don't abandon all hope, the second best time to get going is now.

Let's start with your major goal for the year. What year is this?

Is it the year of getting fit, losing weight, finding that perfect partner, improving your relationship, getting to a new level in your business or career, or perhaps it's a house renovation, or an investment or educational goal. Whatever it is, just decide. Now I know you have lots of goals. Do this with your major 'theme for the year' goal first, then you can do it for all your other goals too.

The key to getting started is to take the first step.

Now where do you want to be in relation to this goal at the end of the year? Specifically. e.g. I want to weigh 75Kg. Let's say you weigh 90Kg now. You now have a start point and an end point.

Split that into 3, for each of the remaining quarters, and by the end of next quarter, the end of June, you'd need to be at 85Kg to be on track right? You see, this planning stuff is easy, just takes a little time in the beginning, its all fine tuning after that.

Now list 10 things, in general that you need to do to achieve that, eg. cut down on carbs & sugar, drink more water, take the stairs, etc.

How will you measure your progress? List the ways.

Who and what do you have access to, to assist you in achieving your goal?

How will you celebrate hitting this milestone?

Now rewrite your goal for 30th June. e.g. It is now on or before 30th June, and I weigh 85Kg. I know this is the case because I can see it on the scales, my partner tells me I'm looking good, and I feel great!

Now break the target down to one month, then one week, then list your daily actions that you are going to take to achieve your goals. Schedule in your workouts, plan your meals, etc.

At the end of each day review how you went. If you fell off the wagon, get back on again tomorrow.

Plan out each week in advance. At the end of the month, review where you are at, and plan out the next month.

If its working, keep doing it. If it's not working, do something different.

You don't become a success overnight, its small daily rituals that add up to success.

To your success,
Trevor Long

I Don't Know What I Want

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT

I DON'T HAVE GOALS

WHAT GOALS SHOULD I HAVE?

I read recently that all clients come to coaching with a Present State (where they are now), and a Desired State (where they want to be), and that it's the coaches job to help them bridge that gap.

In my experience as a coach, and in my personal experience, many people simply don't know where they want to be.




Some are dissatisfied with their financial status, their relationships, their career or business, or their health.

Others on the surface seem to have everything under control and are simply bored and frustrated with the same old same old.





My advice is usually the same for all clients - just PICK SOMETHING! Turn it into a goal, and start heading towards it by taking action steps.

Make sure that the something you pick is fun and/or useful.

But what if I don't know what I ultimately want?

That's fine, because the thing is, if it was right where you are now, you would have found it already!

You've got to get moving towards SOMETHING.

On the way there, you will see signposts along the way that will lead you towards other goals.

Quote - Success is a series of attainment of worthy goals.

There is no Law of Attraction...

There is no Law of Attraction... Without ACTION!

The big thing they left out of The Secret, and they did it so that The Secret would sell better, is that you need to take ACTION towards your goals, otherwise you are just wishing, wanting and hoping.

One of my mentors, Sharon Pearson, calls wishing, wanting and hoping "The three old men of failure".

Who would buy a self help book, or watch a movie, if it entailed, OMG, taking ACTION?! 

Imagine for a moment, that your deepest desire was to become a renowned heart surgeon. You dreamed of it all day long, you meditated on it, you put it on your vision board and you said your affirmations twice daily. Is that going to allow you to be a heart surgeon? I think not. You might have to do some study first, get into medical school, spend many years training and practicing before they even let you near a heart with a scalpel. You would need to take some pretty definite, targeted ACTION.

Whether its health, wealth, relationships, career, business, etc. you are going to have to start doing actions to achieve greatly.

Sure, all the visualising, meditating, vision boarding and affirming is important, as long as you are taking actions towards your clearly defined goals.

If all you want to achieve is get a phone call from a distant friend, or manifest an empty parking spot, then sure, not much action required there, but for anything else... you guessed it... take ACTION!

I think Jim Carrey said it best....

To your success,

Trevor Long