5 Strategies to Reach Big Goals
Dr Steve Barlow
Easier Change, Faster Growth: Change Readiness Expert: Change Management & Change Readiness Training
I‘m always on the lookout for articles with the potential to positively change a business. What’s your take on the following points I came across recently?
Goals that are bigger than what seems possible. Big goals that will push you outside your comfort goals. The kind of goals that you keep to yourself because it seems impossible. Goals worth the tears it takes to make them a reality.
Here are top 5 strategies if you too have big goals for 2017 that you want to realize:
1. Start small
A big tree doesn’t start off big. It starts off as a small seed, covered and unseen for extended periods, sometimes even years. Only once the external conditions are right does the seed slowly start to grow, one leaf at a time, into the wonderful big tree it was always meant to become.
2. Start with the end in mind
Visualize your dream and see yourself one step further than where you want to be. If you want to be the next Richard Branson, see yourself celebrating after a successful trip to the moon and back. If you want to be a bestselling author, see yourself being interviewed on TV and on the cover of your favorite magazine.
Now, working backward one step at a time, break your goal into smaller steps, asking yourself one question repeatedly:
“What needs to be in place for you to achieve this goal?”
3. Just start. Anywhere.
Sometimes, however, it’s not the size, but the sheer volume that is overwhelming. When you feel that you have too much on your plate, it’s easy to get lost in deciding which task to do first, resulting in no action at all.
If that sounds familiar, take a deep breath, and just pick one. Anyone. Just start.
There is no ‘right’ task. Any task is better than no task, and feedback is more important than getting it right.
So just start.
I’d be really interested to know your opinion. Check out the full article here - https://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com/2016/12/16/big-goals/ - and then I’d be happy to discuss with you by phone (0404) 056-788 or email [email protected].
Thanks,
Steve
Commercial Manager Acute Care
8 年Hey Steve Great points. It's important to just make a start, as you achieve the chunked down parts of the greater task you'll not only feel a sense of satisfaction as you accomplish various parts but you'll also be able to regulatory validate and re evaluate the priorities. Definitely need to envisage where you want to be after completion and what that looks like. Thx