Nadine Slater, a qualified performance coach, provides you with some hints and tips to get you moving forwards with your goals, whether it is obtaining your qualification or developing your business.
As the year is drawing to a close many of us are contemplating on the changes and new years resolutions that we would like to make for 2016, kicking that habit, setting up a new business, changing jobs, but when is the perfect time to do it?
As a woman who has been in high-powered positions, working for Sony and being part of an international team advising Lakshmi Mittal, who topped the Sunday Times Rich List for six years running, Nadine has ample experience helping people raise their game in the business world.
She says the three key points in order to get what you want are:
CLARITY
DIRECTION
FOCUS
CLARITY:
Firstly, be really clear about what it is you want. Many of us know what we are not happy about with our current situation, but you need to be very specific and visualise the outcome of your change, so you can work towards it. We are often our biggest obstacles – if we can get out of our own way and not trip ourselves up, we can start making steps towards the desired change.
DIRECTION:
When you know what you want, you need to set goals. But how do you know when you have reached them? Often we tend to move the goal posts and there are always plenty more things to do. When we reach that initial target we don’t feel we have really achieved enough, so in order to stay motivated and keep on track, keep you eyes on the goal.
FOCUS:
To get one step closer to your goal, don’t allow yourself to make excuses – you have to do things one step at a time, break the goal down and ask yourself: Is this realistic? Is this really what I want? It helps to sit down with a personal coach and work out a step-by-step programme to meet your goals. Many people I meet spend years building careers they don’t actually want, so you need to reconnect with this purpose of your life and do the right things for the right reasons.
Three searching questions to ask yourself:
What is stopping you from doing what YOU WANT to do right now?
What is this costing you on a daily basis?
What will achieving your goal enable you to do?
Where do you want the next year to take you? What goals do you want to fulfil?
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