I’m a Life Coach in Los Angeles and my goal setting approach with my clients is two fold.
First, we establish THE top five goals. My experience has shown that this really gets my clients’ juices flowing in thinking of everything they might want to improve in their lives. Once we’ve completed the list of 5 goals, I then have them select the top one – the top one immediate goal they want to see affecting their lives. And that they could realistically achieve in the not too distant future.
Once we’ve selected the top goal, I ask them to temporarily dismiss the other four and to put all of their resources and energy in to making this one goal a reality.
What I’ve seen is that, it’s easier for my clients to put more energy into one goal, then 5 whole separate goals. Focusing on five goals can be overwhelming for my clients and they tend to be easily discouraged if they aren’t accomplishing them because they feel that their energy is spread too thin.
Once the one goal has been accomplished, we celebrate, and, like a six shooter, we select one of the remaining four and reload while adding a NEW goal to the list.
My clients have enjoyed incredible results thanks to this approach.
There is a quote by Confucius that I lend my clients when talking about goals and spreading ourselves too thin:
“The man who chases two rabbits, catches neither.”
Ron Swanson from the TV show “Parks and Rec” also has a very profound (and somewhat crass) quote:
“It’s better to whole ass one thing then to half ass two things.”
How many goals have you set for yourself this year? How many have you accomplished?
Life Coach Tommy is a Certified Life Coach based out of Sherman Oaks, CA and serves Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. You can contact him by clicking HERE