Analyze Process for Goals

The A in GOALS = Analyzed

There are three very significant considerations when focusing on powerful goal setting for results: how the goal is defined, motivation, and action.  Coach training programs cover this information because the impact is profound.  Dive in here now to analyze how intentionally using this process supports success.

Many people find it easier to describe what they do not want than to describe what they do want.  For example, someone might say, “I don’t want to be so stressed any more.”  Or perhaps, “I am tired of always struggling to pay the bills.”  When describing what is not wanted, the brain processes the key words – in these examples stressed and struggling to pay bills. Focus leads to outcome and the very thing that is not wanted continues to be true.  When the goal is described as what is wanted, there is a shift.  For example, saying, “I want to relax,” or “I want to afford things easily.”  The brain focuses on the key words relax and afford easily.  By focusing forward, on what is wanted, the brain is given an actual goal and achieving results is easier.

If a goal is based on external factors, such as consequences, or what others think or want, buy-in and follow-through are short-term and produce limited success.  A business, life, or executive coach will ask a client what achieving a particular goal means to them personally.  With your coach or here now, define the benefit to you of your goals.  Recognizing the value personally creates buy-in and increases follow-through.

When waiting for something to happen or others to take an action in order to achieve a goal, chances are the waiting goes on and on.  When owning outcomes and intentionally considering what action is controllable, progress begins and continues.  Powerful goal setting for results means proactively planning and acting.

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