If you can decide this upfront, you can get whatever you want or need. It’s as simple as that.
The catch is that you have to come up with a wished for result that is reasonable and available. I can’t ask that the result I want is to become a star ballerina within a year’s time (or a life time) because that is not reasonable nor achievable for me. I could ask, however, that I become a good salsa dancer in a year’s time and that is achievable if I am willing to plan carefully and be committed to my goal.
You ask, how is this different from setting a goal? Good question. Answer is that you have an “end” to work back from and are clear about what you want. This makes goal setting much easier and more rewarding because you know exactly what you want the goal to materialize into.
Try this out with your New Years Resolutions. Exercise is usually one of the biggies in this area. End result might be that you want to be able to enter a half marathon in a year. That result will then put you on a goal track to achieve the endurance to do it. Can you see why you might get a bigger commitment to exercise if you see yourself running a marathon at the end rather than just forcing yourself to go to the gym?
THINK BIG. I am finding more and more in my coaching practice that clients aren’t thinking on a big enough scale. It’s just as easy to plan for a 50% increase in revenue as it is to set up goals for a 10% increase. It might be less scary to go for a lower figure but you are more likely to succeed by shooting higher. There is still success in reaching a 30% goal and adding a 20% goal the next time.
RIGHT NOW take pen and paper or iPad and decide one result you want in the next three months. Write that result down and look at it at least once a day. Tell it to one person. Send it to me. I’d like to see it. I guarantee that just doing this step will excite a few of those pesky neurons to act.
HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY HOLIDAY AND I WILL BE BACK BLOGGING ABOUT JANUARY 10TH.
***One of your New Years Resolution is to set up a 15 minute conversation to see if we might be a good fit to collaborate on your future as a better lawyer.
See my website for directions on how to do this. My Website