Does this resonate with you?
“I set appointments with myself to work on my goals each day, but something more important and urgent always pops up. I find I’m no further to accomplishing my “big idea” today than I was a month ago.”
Keri just wrote to say, “I love the parking lot technique because I seriously feel like I have 3923493 tabs open in my brain at all times. It’s truly overwhelming. But using the parking lot technique and writing down what I can do late has worked wonders. You rock!”
Does this sound like your situation?
“It seems each day I wake up I have a new idea and new goals. How can I determine which goal to focus on and then stay focused long enough to see progress?”
Here’s what Melisa told me: “I am loving this challenge; it has kept me focused on my business during a distracting time. I am excited to work with you on moving forward with my BIG goal! “
Or this?
“I have this really great idea for my business – but just can’t seem to execute it! I created action steps . . . but my day-to-day life got in the way and I was unable to implement many of the steps.”
Vicki reported, “I love this challenge. It has helped me not only work on my goal but also other areas of my life even during this busy time of year. Thank you! “
All these feelings and distractions are normal! After we recover from the holiday season and set new goals, we are faced with an increasing number of obligations and expectations jammed into an already tight time frame. We find it more and more difficult to honor our commitments to ourselves as we put the needs and wishes of others first.
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Plus, it’s so much easier to “bump” off your calendar an appointment to work on YOUR goals than to cancel a business appointment or obligation. (You know what I’m talking about – how often do you honor the commitments to yourself?!)
Struggling to set goals?
[Tweet “Overwhelmed at trying to stay on the path to completion of the goal?”]Are you in the “zoom-eek” mode? (Frantic work towards your goals for a couple of days (zoom) – then no movement towards accomplishing your goals for weeks (eek)?)
Where can you go from here?
I encourage you to use A.W.E. when approaching the next few months.
- A. AWARENESS – Create a clear goal.
- W. WORK – Schedule time to work towards your priorities (and include yourself as a priority with self-care!) into your calendar now, while there is still some white space!
- E. EVALUATE – Set aside a small block of time each week to fine-tune your plan.
Following these three stages of A.W.E. will help you navigate through the next few weeks – and still maintain your momentum.
You’ve worked hard to get to where you are in your business – consistent activity will certainly help keep it flourishing.
Want some support in the process? Take the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals by joining The 30 Day A.W.E. Inspired Challenge!
I’ll offer strategies to create balance, encouragement to take some “me time”, techniques to maintain (or even increase) momentum, and provide a vehicle for external accountability.
It’s virtual, it’s self-paced, and it’s free!
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Your turn! Please, share your most effective strategy for accomplishing your goals!
This sounds like a realistic challenge. I like it!
Sophie
Thanks! With small steps we can do anything! Hope you joined!
Lisa
This is an excellent challenge and I love the way that you juxtapose real-life issues/examples with comments from people who are ‘walking the walk’ as it were.
For me, when it comes to accomplishing goals, one of the keys is how you define them to begin with. “Chunking” them down into bite-sized pieces makes even the biggest project doable!
Oh, and I couldn’t agree more about making SELF CARE a priority. Excellent advice all around!
Paula –
Thanks so much for leaving a comment! I was so fortunate that previous “AWE Challengers” provided such concrete and detailed feedback – it made it easy to share their successes!
Self-care, self-care, self-care! Really focusing on my self-care is my #1 priority for 2014!
Lisa
Lisa – I’m 3 days away from moving house so I’ve had some serious distraction to contend with.
I tend to micro task. That is break each element of a project down to the smallest task – for example create headline for a Blog post, select image for emails, pay the Milkman – LOL
This way it all seems just a little bit more manageable an crossing off this jobs done – well, so satisfying!
Caroline
Good luck with the move! I sooooooooooo understand the satisfaction of crossing items off the list. I’ve been know to add something to the list (that I’ve already completed) just so I can cross it off!
Lisa
Lisa, you’re always full of great ideas, advice and challenges. It’s not the right time fo rme to join up right now, but I do enjoy reading your posts, thank you.
Phoebe
Thanks for stopping by – and thanks for the compliment! I’ll probably run the AWE Challenge one more time in the Spring – so hopefully the timing will work out for you to join then!
Lisa
Sounds like a great challenge. I definitely know the “day-to-day life” problem, especially since my husband ended up unemployed and stays at home all day.
Linda
Did you join the AWE Challenge? (I hope, I hope!) Lot’s of inspiration, excitement, and doable action steps!
Lisa
Yay! I’m excited for the next challenge & I’m all signed up.
YEAH!!! I love having you as a part! You are so kind and giving – every participant gains something from having you there!
Lisa
I love acronyms! They are effective to help our minds remember. AWE is so easy to remember and follow through especially that we need to do it every day. And what better way than those three important steps to begin each day: Awareness early morning, Work during the day time, Evaluate at day’s end. Thanks for the practical advise and opportunity to learn more.
Delmy
Thanks for stopping by! The simpler the concept, the easier to implement! How can you be AWE’d today?
Lisa
Lisa, I’ve had to weave in a boatload of compassion into my work, and achieving my goals. Dealing with this severe health issue as I have been, I’ve had to redefine what progress is for me. But there’s progress nonetheless.
Thanks for this article, I appreciate it!
Love and magic,
Sue
Sue –
Best of luck with your health. Remember – slow progress is still progress! Keep the faith and keep moving forward! I appreciate your comment.
Lisa
Is there an all of the above option? lol Life had got crazy and hectic, and I think I just got stuck with rolling with things that way. I can’t wait for the AWE Challenge to start!
Alli
I’m so glad you’ve decided to join the challenge! Life does get so crazy and hectic – it’s so helpful to have some strategies to slow it all down! I urge you to invite a friend to join you – it’s so much more fun to complete this challenge with an accountability partner!
Lisa