by Michelle Geromel | Goal Setting
I made a video to share with you. 2 of the things I do before setting goals that makes a big impact on my success for the year. Try them out, and see how they work for you. Let me know in the comments if you have other questions about the goal setting process, or if you have found these tips helpful. ...
by Michelle Geromel | Goal Setting
My son asked yesterday why goals were necessary. He seemed to feel his current goal of all A?s and B?s is just so much wrrrrrrrrrrrrrk. This from a kid who is so smart his homework takes him 1/2 an hour at the most. And is always the first or second in his class to finish a test. Basically what we reminded him was how successful, impressively so, he can be when he gives himself laser-like focus to achieve something. Be it doing a new trick at the skate park or getting an A on a test in his least favorite subject when his phone privileges are on the line. But…… it?s a good question. Most of the time, setting goals is the best thing we can do for ourselves. Studies have shown that by simply taking the time to define the things we want to Be, Do and Have, we will get there. The funny thing is – just by doing that one thing of announcing to ourselves what we want, even if we don?t look at that list again for a year – we are more likely to have accomplished all or part of that list. Simply because we gave our subconscious mind something to focus on. Our subconscious is focusing on something allllllll the time. A good portion of this time, it?s focused on what other people want/wanted for us. What advertisers want us to focus on, who our boss, our spouse, our parents, our grandparents, our teacher in 2nd grade all wanted us to Be, Do and Have. Isn?t it about time we let our own...
by Michelle Geromel | Goal Setting
The beginning of the year is always a great time to take stock of the past year and come up with some new goals, or re-emphasis of existing goals. Sometimes this process can feel like a pointless endeavor, because we can become some hung up on feeling that not all goals were accomplished, so why bother. I have definitely felt this way from time to time. So I wanted to share a technique introduced to me by Jayne Johnson (http://theclearingsight.com) in her goal?s?workshop. But which many other leaders and teachers espouse and practice as well. This is a simple technique. But let me say that the first time I did it, and then read my list allowed to someone else, I cried. I cried because for me, I never really stopped and celebrated the wins along the way. And I was overwhelmed by just how much I had accomplished in the previous year, which up until that point I had not given myself credit for. This year I did this process with my boyfriend – and we both found it to be very freeing. As we began to feel less beat up about not accomplishing everything that was on our list – and realized we had accomplished quite a bit together and separately to be proud of. And afterward, we were both much more willing and receptive to reviewing and modifying upcoming goals for the year, with a renewed sense of ability to achieve. So here it is: Take a few pieces of paper and give yourself 5 minutes to write down everything you have accomplished in the past...
