GOALS! GOALS!GOALS!

Hi!

The first month of the New Year is almost on its way out! How time flies! How has it been for you? Almost everyone I’ve talked with has high hopes for this year. People want success! Unfortunately, for some people, their desire for success is just wishful thinking. It’s like faith without works, which equals no result. The first step to success in life is great goal setting! A goal defines where you want to go and helps you maintain your focus as you navigate towards your dream. Some people set goals and never achieve it because their goals lack the essential ingredients for achievable goals. There are basic ingredients for anything you seek to create in life, to leave out the basics is to set yourself up for failure. Can you bake a cake without flour?

I know you want to go somewhere with your life, otherwise you will not be reading my blog. Do you know where you want to go? If money was not an issue, if peer group pressure does not exist, if you had no one on earth to please but yourself, where will you be and what will you be doing? The answer to the above question could help point you towards where you TRULY want to go with your life and who you really want to be. The earlier you start pursuing your dreams, the better, because you were not created to live other peoples dream.

When God designed you, He put a dream in your heart, to guide you to your true purpose in life. That dream has been there since you were a child, stop looking at the outside world to find this dream, look inwards. I know for some people, a lot has happened since their childhood and as a result, their dream as been buried so deep, they are almost totally out of touch with it. If this is you, you can remedy the situation by asking the Holy Spirit to shine His light into your heart, He can unearth your dream. Believe me; God wants you to dream again!

Perhaps your dream is alive and well, but you never seem to follow through with your goals, then you may need to review the ingredients for setting your goals. Part of what I do as a Life Coach is help people set great goals. I use a process call SMERTIE to accomplish this. SMERTIE is an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Evidential, Responsible, Timed, Inspirational, and Emotional.

You want to set a great goal? Make sure you are as specific as can be, concerning what you want. How much do you want? What will be the evidence that you are on track? Are you fully responsible for your actions? Within what time frame do you want to achieve your goal? Is your goal inspirational to you? How would accomplishing your goal make you feel?

Just as you need goals to win a soccer match, you surely need goals to win in life. If you haven’t set your goals for this year, today is a good time to do it! Incorporating the ingredients I listed above, will be a good starting point. It sure takes more than setting great goals to succeed in life. You may want to consider hiring a Life Coach to come alongside you. If you want more details about our life coaching program, send us an email and we’d take it up from there.

At Rhema Life Coaching, we are committed to your success!

God believes in you and so do I!

Live your dreams!

Angela