Review your goals Review your goals and progress regularly to help you keep committed. Reassess and make adjustments if needed. If you are consistently unable to meet your goals try evaluating your Readiness for Change. Ask yourself, on a scale of 1 to 10, how likely you are to stick to your plan? If the answer is any less than 10 then you need to adjust your goal. Let’s take the short-term goal “I will run for 30 minutes continuously by March 30th, 2015”. Your action plan for reaching this goal is to walk/run for 30 minutes 3 times/per week. Ask yourself: “On a scale of 1-10 how likely am I to walk/run 3 times/week for 30 minutes?” If the answer is 5; you need to adjust your goal and your action plan to something that is realistic for you. Once you reach a “10” on the scale of likelihood, you are ready to proceed. Reward your accomplishments Enjoy the satisfaction of reaching short, medium and long term goals. Reward yourself with a massage, a new book or an evening with friends. Reverse Goal-Setting Another technique for goal-setting is called Reverse Goal-Setting. This allows you to visualize the end result and formulate steps needed to get there. Write down the goal The goal should be positive, written in the present tense, specific and measurable. E.g. “I have lost 20 pounds on December 1, 2015” Why this goal Write down why this goal inspires you, benefits others and makes a difference. Losing 20 pounds inspires me because I’ve always struggled with my weight It will benefit my family because I won’t be as tired or reluctant to do things It will make a difference because I’ll be happier and healthier Reverse your goal Now take 3 steps backwards from your end goal and make shorter-term goals
Review your goals Review your goals and progress regularly to help you keep committed. Reassess and make adjustments if needed. If you are consistently unable to meet your goals try evaluating your Readiness for Change. Ask yourself, on a scale of 1 to 10, how likely you are to stick to your plan? If the answer is any less than 10 then you need to adjust your goal. Let’s take the short-term goal “I will run for 30 minutes continuously by March 30th, 2015”. Your action plan for reaching this goal is to walk/run for 30 minutes 3 times/per week. Ask yourself: “On a scale of 1-10 how likely am I to walk/run 3 times/week for 30 minutes?” If the answer is 5; you need to adjust your goal and your action plan to something that is realistic for you. Once you reach a “10” on the scale of likelihood, you are ready to proceed. Reward your accomplishments Enjoy the satisfaction of reaching short, medium and long term goals. Reward yourself with a massage, a new book or an evening with friends. Reverse Goal-Setting Another technique for goal-setting is called Reverse Goal-Setting. This allows you to visualize the end result and formulate steps needed to get there. Write down the goal The goal should be positive, written in the present tense, specific and measurable. E.g. “I have lost 20 pounds on December 1, 2015” Why this goal Write down why this goal inspires you, benefits others and makes a difference. Losing 20 pounds inspires me because I’ve always struggled with my weight It will benefit my family because I won’t be as tired or reluctant to do things It will make a difference because I’ll be happier and healthier Reverse your goal Now take 3 steps backwards from your end goal and make shorter-term goals