Happy New Everything!

Hi there

I am SOOO excited to welcome you to my very first blog post for my new coaching business.  Launching this business has been a dream of mine for a while now. It feels exhilarating to be taking these steps, but I’ll be honest it’s really scary too putting yourself out there online for the world to see!

I took a decision many years ago to live life to the full.  I don’t want to live a ‘black and white life’ as I call it where everything is grey, dull and boring.  I want my life to be in fabulous technicolour, full of all of the things I dream of and sometimes to do that you have to take a few brave leaps to get you where you want to be.  This is one of mine!

I don’t know about you but I find people seem a bit fed up in January, it’s time to hibernate for some.  It’s 2013, a new year.  A clean slate.  How does that make you feel?  Excited .. happy that you can make a fresh start .. old?!   It’s a great time to review what worked, what didn’t and figure out what we’d like to be different.

Often we decide at the beginning of a new year that now is the time to lose weight, give up smoking, get that new job we keep saying we want.  We could be determined to find the loves of our lives, to get more organised, stop procrastinating, start that business … the list can be endless. Some of you will be saying, ‘I’ve set new goals in the past, I’ve done this so many times before but I never quite make it’..  Trust me I know.  I hear you!  I’ve been there too.  I want you to make a decision though this year.  The decision that you are going to take this seriously, do it differently.  You might be thinking to yourself well she’s a bit too late talking about resolutions now.  Well yes and no.  I’m a great believer that you can start that new chapter of your life whenever you want to.  So with January out of the way let’s get cracking on some of those ideas that you’ve had bubbling away and do some goal setting.

Ultimately goal setting is all about how you want to feel.  Imagine for a moment with me.. How will you feel when you lose weight, what do you look like, what are people saying to you?  How does it feel to walk into any high street shop and buy what you love?  On the job front… How will you feel when you hand in your notice having got that job of your dreams?  What will the buzz in that office (picture your own workplace) sound like, what will you see on your way to work?  Don’t just think in terms of this being another thing checked off your to-do list at the end of the year, really think of what you will be/do/have when you achieve it.

I’ve got a little gift for you.  It’s 5 tips to goal setting and I’ve also created a goal planner for you to get you started in the right direction.

You’ve probably heard all about setting a SMART goal; making sure it’s Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time related?  Well, yes from my experience they can apply but we’re going for a FUNKY goal, fun is key here, yeah ok bad joke but actually it’s true.  If your goal isn’t fun or it doesn’t light you up then why are you doing it?  Sometimes we set ourselves goals because we think they are what we want to do, but how many times have you set yourself a goal only to achieve it and still feel a bit flat?

Goals need to spark you up with enthusiasm.  If your goal doesn’t make you think ‘yes’ while smiling your head off or have you fist punching the air (ok and maybe a little bit scared too) then I would ask you to ask yourself, “is it what you really, really want?”  So here are my five tips for funky goal setting…

1. Set a Fab Goal (don’t settle for just anything, aim high!)
2. Make a Unshakeable plan (tweak it until you know it just will work)
3. Take Action NOW (not next month when ‘x’ is finished or ‘y’ has happened, not next week or even tomorrow.. now!)
4. Keep at it (do something every single day towards your goal, each step is one step nearer to where you want to be)
5. Achieve Success – Yes you can do it (you just have to commit to it now)

If you would like to receive my goal setting list (where I go into more detail on each of these areas) then sign up to my newsletter using the link on my sidebar

As I’m launching my business now I’d like to offer you ……

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To take advantage of this limited period offer just drop me an email letting me know you want to do some coaching and we can get started.

Now go and grab yourself a cuppa, get out that notepad and start writing down what you really want to achieve this year!