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5 Simple Steps to Big Changes
Sometimes we can spend so much time looking after our families and
clients, we can forget to look to ourselves.
Have you had this happen in the last year: you spend hours working on
a new process and get everything into place – structure, procedure, the lot … and then you carry on in the
old way.
Perhaps you read a book that gets you so excited you can’t put it down
and then you have a few hectic days and you don’t take any of it on board…
Or maybe you go to a fantastic seminar and come away fired up and
ready to act … and then a couple of days later life has distracted you, and you forget to take those
actions.
It happens to us all!
Now’s the time to put your coaching hat on for yourself and take these
steps:
- Identify what’s in your way right now. Is it something like
needing a website, or not allowing enough time to get the children ready in the mornings? Is it fear of
cold calling, or just that you’re beginning to realise you’re not in quite the right coaching
niche.
If you get these worries and niggles out of the way, you’ll feel better and have
a greater chance of success.
- Decide on your plan – just pick one thing to run with for now.
Work out how you will know when you’ve reached the goal, including little steps along the way. Decide too
whether you will need things like training or more space and work out how you will meet those
needs.
Just keeping it in your head means you will forget it or bring your mind round to
other ways of thinking – it’s so easy to persuade yourself that doing something else really won’t
matter!
Instead, write it down, or record or video it (or all three), and put it where
you can see it.
- Three weeks can just zip by, so how about starting a new habit in
that time? Just commit to
following your dream / promise / plan / strategy for 21 days – it’ll become a habit, and eventually
second nature.
- While you’re at it, keep a diary – not just of what you’ve been
doing, but how you felt and how well different tasks and events went.
Are there some things you’d like to do some more of, and are there some things
you’d definitely like to streamline, outsource or delegate? How can you fit these wishes into your plan – will
you need to amend it slightly?
- Now you’ve reached your goal and made your habit, spend a few
delicious days visualising the next thing you want to start on, and then go back to step
one.
Do let us know what you decided to do, what you did, and your
thoughts. If we publish your comments, we’ll include a link back to your site, for example.
Here’s to an excellent 21 habit-forming days
Jacqui & Elizabeth
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