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Goal Setting - G.R.O.W. Your Own...
Health, Wealth and Happiness

Goal setting? Use the G.R.O.W model to set and achieve all your goals.

The Setting of achievable goals provides focus and a 'roadmap' to get more of what you want from life. Use this Life Coaching tool with friends, colleagues, your team members, or to coach yourself, in almost any aspect of your personal or business life.

goal setting - G.R.O.W
Use G.R.O.W at all levels, whether your aim:
  1. more 'me' time
  2. to negotiate a salary increase
  3. to be happier
  4. take the holiday of a lifetime
  5. get through a day with more energy and enthusiam
  6. write that next article
  7. decorate the spare room
  8. sort out your finances
  9. build that kit-car you always wanted
  10. take a round-the-world trip
BEFORE you even bother to find out about setting goals however, you MUST realise that they amount to nothing unless YOU TAKE ACTION - immediately. Dedicated, consistent and appropriate action.

Acronyms are great, aren't they. You sort of remember them for years without really trying. What ones do you still remember from schooldays?

G.R.O.W is like that - it sets up in your brain an easy and memorable checklist to make sure you have included all the important aspects of setting your goal...and being successful.

It was only in writing this that I realise I have internalised the G.R.O.W model and use it subconsciously to plan those parts of my day where I need some motivation to achieve....housework, decorating, cleaning the car etc.

G.R.O.W = GOAL - REALITY - OPTIONS - WILL

    GOAL - what do you want... Be SPECIFIC

    REALITY -what is your current situation. DETAILS, don't skip over things

    OPTIONS - what are all your possible options. INCLUDE everthing

    WILL - what will you do NOW . COMMIT to an action
    And when - commit to a timescale

    That's it G.R.O.W. Easy to remember and highly appropriate.

    In reality you can start anywhere and visit and loop-back any time. Your aim is to visit each of the four at least once:-

    1. to decide upon a course of action
    2. gather sufficient motivation to achieve what you want.

    Doesn't sound too difficult does it?

However the real force behind goal setting is the questions you ask yourself.

You're setting goals, right, so not everything in your life is perfect yet or you wouldn't want to change it. So you have a problem, yes.

GROW goalsetting - Questions to ask yourself

In his book 'Notes from a Friend,' Anthony Robbins the self-help guru made up the following questions to solve problems.

  1. What is great about this problem?
  2. What is not perfect yet?
  3. What am I willing to do to make it the way I want it?
  4. What am I willing to no longer do in order to make it the way I want it?
  5. How can I enjoy the process while I do what is necessary to make it the way I want it?

Mapping these questions onto the GROW goal setting process strengthens
and intensifies your resolve to go for it.

Take quality time to write down your thoughts on each one.
Not only will you know so much more about your problem, the solution and the way forward, you'll be excited and motivated to TAKE action.

goal setting - sky's the limit

Preparation is the key.

'Before something happens in the world,
it must happen in your mind,'
- Anthony Robbins

As you see your own success grow, Goal setting becomes a habit ...and little by little your life gains momentum and goes from strength to strength....the sky's the limit!

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Goalsetting Tip

Create a Vision Board /Dream Board. Cut out relevant, motivating pictures and words from magazines or print out from the computer. Paste onto a large sheet of paper or card.
Remember to include a picture of yourself to the collage. Display in a prominent place to remind you each day of your goals.
MORE goal setting activities? POWER goals from NLP
Step into S.A.F.E goals to 'turbo-charge them.'


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