How did you do on meeting your goals last year? Did you accomplish all or at least some of what you planned to do? If you could look back, is there one thing you didn’t finish?
My guess is you answered like most people and didn’t accomplish all you wanted to. You most likely got sidetracked by life. Those everyday requests that don’t help you achieve your goals, but you feel like you need to or have to take on. Maybe a request from your boss, employees, and family members. There just doesn’t seem to be enough time to accomplish everything you want to accomplish. Maybe it’s time to ask for help in achieving all that you want and deserve to attain.
Here’s a solution, use a business coach, or you can continue to get the same results you have been getting.
Here are 5 reasons a coach can help you achieve your goals or outcomes.
A coach can help you to identify the real goal you want to achieve
Often, we think we know what we want but aren’t clear about our priorities. We are being pulled in many different directions by many different sources. Our bosses, employees, family, emails, texts, and calls, just to name a few. It’s easy to get distracted. In fact, it’s almost impossible not to get distracted. That’s why it’s even more critical to choose to work on the essential goals, the goals that will have the most significant impact on you and your organization. Having someone help you determine what’s important can be invaluable. In many cases, you think you need to do a red herring for what you need to do. A good coach can probe to determine what is truly important.
A coach can help you determine why that goal is important to you
Determining the WHY will help drive you to meet the goal. The bigger the why, the better chance of success. Understanding why we are doing something gives you purpose. It also anchors you on the goal. When you are distracted by everything going on in your life, looking at the why will anchor you back to the goal you need to achieve.
A coach can provide perspective.
A coach can provide you with strategies that will help you determine how good, bad, or necessary each goal is compared to other things. Having a clear perspective will help you prioritize your goals. A coach as a non-partial observer allows you to take a step back and make better distinctions when making a final decision on what is essential for your focus.
A coach can hold you accountable.
As you move forward with the steps you need to meet your goals, your coach will hold you accountable. This will allow you to set milestones and commitments and have someone on your side who will keep your feet to the fire to meet your deadlines.
A coach can help you determine the next steps to continue growth.
Many people make a big mistake in stopping when the goal is reached. Don’t do that! Keep going! Build on that goal and create real momentum. A coach will help you build on that success and begin the cycle again, starting with helping you identify your next goal.
Next Steps
A coach can help you be the best you and achieve all the things you want. A coach can help you be as successful as you want to be. Imagine reviewing your year and looking back over to realize you have accomplished more this year than you ever have before? You just didn’t go through your “To Do” list and check off tasks; you went through your lists and checked off tasks that helped you reach the incredible goals that you set for yourself.
Don’t have a groundhog day, type of year. Decide to make a change this year. Decide this is the year you will work on what’s important. Decide this is the year you will eliminate the overwhelm and frustrations. This is the year you will invest in your development.
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