I learn best when 2 things happen:
1. Information comes toward me in a variety of ways; and
2. Information comes toward me again, later.
Is a goal you have set for the next 6-18 months clear? Do you know where you are heading, ready to turn left when it's time? Here are some ideas to make goals that are multi dimensional, and that ultimately draw you toward them.
1. Hear it: Get someone to partner with you, and meet up with them once a week or so for the next 5 weeks. During that #CoffeeChat or lunchtime, share your process of working toward one of your goals. A great peer (or coach, or mentor) is the kind of person who will listen and ask "well-played" questions that get you to think a little bigger.
2. See it: Surely you've got a to do list that you update with some regularity. I'm also positive that "some"where you're keeping up with a calendar, so that you can organize your meetings, travel and events. So, it may seem intuitive to write down your upcoming projects.
I just "updated" mine, and made two lists:
Projects - next 6-18 months
Projects - 18-months from now
Simply writing down, for example, that I'm going to race in the Wildflower Triathlon in May 2013 was quite interesting exercise. So, it's your turn...I'll challenge you to write a list of at least 50 things. We both know you can do it.
Want to up level this one? Find a picture that actually SHOWS the thing you're marching toward. Ever since we got the final version of the book cov, I have printed it and:
+ taped it to my journal
+ put it on the fridge at home
+ carried a small copy of it in wallet
+ and more.
(+ oh, another thing I did: made it the desktop picture on my computer)
See it...it makes it easier to see it come true.
3. "Get" it: When write something down, when you cut out a picture of that goal you're moving toward you engage another "working style." so far, I wrote about auditory and visual styles, now...Kinesthetic.
For the purpose of goal setting, a great kinesthetic activity is to sit down, close your eyes and for just a few moments imagine you're there.
Lately, I have been doing this as I set new goals, and work toward them, of ways to sell 50,000 copies of the next book: Your Best Just Got Better.
See it. Hear it. Feel it. Move through it. Actually sense what you might sense when you're there...then (and this is key, for me) take a few moments to write down what happened while you were there.
Generally, when do this, I come back to the present and realize that there are some tasks I can add to my to do list for the next week that will move me further along the process of achieving my goal(s).
What is something you do, when you do set goals?
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