First, let me call off the mob.
I utilize vision boards.
I’ve done a VERY specific training for my members on manifesting.
And I am ALL about goal setting.
BUT, it’s hard to argue with the fact that for the VAST MAJORITY of people, none of this REALLY works.
EVEN when they’re “specific…”
EVEN when they “put emotion into it.”
EVEN when they “believe.”
AND HERE IS WHY.
All of this…
the vision board,
the manifesting,
the goal setting…
It all focuses on SEEING what you want,
getting CLEAR on what you want,
naming it,
giving it a visual,
SEEING it as done.
It all focuses on what you want to BE,
what you want to DO,
and what you want to HAVE.
So far, so good…
Except,
if this it all where it ENDS…
you may as well wish upon a star.
Instead, I urge you to go one critical step further.
After you DETAIL what you want,
After you get CLEAR on what your goals are,
I URGE you to come into the land of grown ups with me and do this:
TELL ME YOUR COMMITMENT TO THOSE GOALS.
In other words,
what will you commit to DOING
in order to make those goals a reality?
You know, figuring out YOUR part.
Knowing what you want to be, do and have is great.
But knowing and committing to an ACTION PLAN designed to create EXACTLY what you want,
is REALLY where the rubber meets the road.
Your life is of your CREATION.
And CREATION is an active word.
Most often, I hear from women who are setting huge goals, which I love. (I have no interest in “reasonable goals, as detailed in this article. )
And what these women WANT
is WILDLY different than what they have NOW.
Which, again,
I’m MORE than fine with…
AS LONG AS
said woman is willing
to MATCH her wild goals
with wild action.
There IS a middle ground between
the child-like, I’m going to set goals, write — and wish — them into reality with exactly the right words, and wait for the results to be brought into the magical kingdom I’m constructing in the theatre of my mind….
And
The hard-driving, exhausting, busy-as-a-badge-of-honor “hustle” so many entrepreneurs call reality.
That middle ground is a perfect intersection, really. The intersection of
CLEAR intentions and
CONSISTENT action.
The intersection of setting clear goals,
seeing them as done,
BELIEVING that you can create ANYTHING you can conceive,
and the WILLINGNESS
to
DO
YOUR
PART.
Maybe it’s just my southern upbringing.
But stamping my foot while I wait for results to be brought to me on a silver platter isn’t my thing.
I don’t get it.
I don’t get UNWILLINGNESS to do the WORK.
ESPECIALLY when it’s work that is designed to bring you something you so desperately want.
There’s VALUE in being clear.
There’s BENEFIT in believing your goals are as good as done.
But the GOLD — and the GOAL — is in the doing.
So, if you are staring down the end of yet ANOTHER year… and you KNOW your reality is a far cry from what you “intended” and “visioned” back in January…
Look at that FOURTH — SO critical — cornerstone of goal setting:
- I want to BE
- I want to DO
- I want to HAVE
- I COMMIT to ____________.
And also, there’s still a LOT of life left in 2018. There’s still a lot of ground to be covered. There’s still PLENTY of time.
What if you BACKED your goals with ACTION?
What if you BET on yourself and FLUNG yourself at your top goals?
What if you left EVERYTHING on the field of 2018…
What if THAT is how you approached your goals for the next month and a half? Can you even imagine?
Also, if YOU live at this intersection…
or want to…
of DREAMING and DOING,
of INTENTION and ACTION,
of MANIFESTING and CREATING…
message me about joining Women Who WOW. We’re the premier coaching and mentoring platform for seriously driven women entrepreneurs. If you message me I can send you a “content journey” to see if Women Who WOW is right for you.
