How to...
...discover what you want in life (and then get it)
March 2008
Our expert: Claire Giraldo (née Evans) (BSc 1999), life coach and founder of Green Mango Coaching.
As the first half of 2008 draws to a close, take a few moments to reflect on the past few months and specifically how things have gone for you personally. Are you on track, everything ticking along nicely or are resolutions and motivation beginning to wane a little? If it’s the latter you’re definitely not alone and the good news is that there is still plenty of time to get back on course and make 2008 great.
But before we go any further, take a minute to ask yourself: what is it that you really want this year? Then follow these ten simple steps.
- Be curious about ‘your lot in life’ and challenge areas that don’t feel right.
- Be bold in what you ask for. Focus on the ‘what’ not the ‘how’.
- Be clear and specific about what it is that you want (rather than what other people want or expect) and define a realistic timeframe for achievement. It sounds obvious but unless you know exactly where you want to get to, how will you know what to aim for or know when you’ve arrived.
- Be passionate about what it is that you want. Visualise already having it and generate the feelings and thoughts associated with having it.
- Be courageous. Step outside of your comfort zone, and face any fears and disabling beliefs head on. Refuse to let them stop you this time.
- Be experimental and creative and approach the goal from a number of different angles. View the process as a series of experiments, one will give you what you want but until you try you don’t know which one.
- Be kind to yourself. Celebrate your successes in style. Acknowledge and learn from setbacks, without letting them slow you down.
- Be patient; ‘the best things comes to those who wait’ after all. Trust that your efforts will yield fruits; some just take a little longer than others.
- Be grateful when the harvest arrives and brings you what you want.
- But most importantly be YOU. By being you, you will know ‘how to discover what you want and get it’ again and again.
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