Watch Out for
These FOUR
Caution Signs
I
have a question for you. Are you a goal watcher, talker,
setter, or ACHIEVER?
Did you know the most common number to set goals in
your life is 7? They are: Self (Physical and Mental) Financial,
Community, Spiritual, Career, and Family/Social. We tend
to be great list makers and dream big, and that’s great as
long as you run every goal thru these 4 Caution Signs. Let
me share.
1. Is this goal general or specific?
For a goal to be specific (AND achievable) you must be able
to visually see it as a reality. It must have color, size,
weight, and or taste. For example. Let’s say I set a Physical
Goal. My goal is to lose some weight by next month. Is
that goal general or specific? It’s general! I didn’t say how
MUCH weight by a PARTICULAR date. If I set a goal for
finances and said “I want to have less debt in 3 years”, again
that is a “general goal”. The questions you would need to
ask to make it specific would be:
What do I want my debt level to be in 3 year? Which credit
card(s) do I want to pay off? Do I want to include my car
in that list? How much each month and on what day do I
need to pay.
2. Do I need other people’s cooperation to attain this goal?
The two best examples I’ve seen of this? I had an attendee
set a goal to sell her house all by herself. She said that had
been her goal for 6 months with no success. I asked if she
had run that goal through this caution sign. She hadn’t
realized she needed other people’s cooperation to attain
the goal. Her partner needed to agree to keep the house
clean at all times for when prospects wanted to view it. She
needed a mortgage broker to pre-qualify prospects, a title
company, and more.
The second example I heard when speaking to a group of
single women. Many of them had chosen to set a goal to be
married and have a child in 2 years. But through this exercise
they quickly realized they weren’t even seriously dating
someone who could become the father. Oops – that goal
definitely needs other people’s cooperation!
3. What is the price tag attached?
Every choice in life has a price tag attached. Want kids?
Don’t want kids? Price tag attached! Want to stay fit? Price
tag attached! I had wanted to be an internationally known
speaker for years until I sat down with my friend Zig Ziglar
who told me to attain that goal he traveled more than 250
days a year to make that happen. It was so easy then to let
that goal go when I realized the price tag attached. EVERY
choice has a price tag!
4. Am I willing to pay the price?
Once I knew that price tag attached, I was NOT willing to
pay it…and I lost the guilt! Are you willing to pay the price
to be away from your family while travelling? If you want to
stay fit are you willing to work out and eat properly – are
you willing to pay the price? I believe wholeheartedly that
you CANNOT have it ALL! What we have today that our
mothers and grandmothers didn’t is a Buffet Table of
Choices…don’t forget the Life Cashier at the end asking for
your payment!
This material is copyrighted and protected and I have permission
to use it from the author, my friend and coach, CSP Sheryl
Nicholson, an International Professional Speaker, Life Coach and
Business Author.
You can view more credentials at
www.sheryl.com.
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