2011 winding down... Did you achieve your goals?

January 1, 2012 is fast approaching... Where did the year go? Seems like yesterday (well maybe not yesterday, but you get the jist) that we were all talking and tweeting about the topic of 1-1-11, 1-11-11, 11-1-11, and 11-11-11.

In January (1-11), I made a decision to move to sunny southern California from snow-Hio (Ohio) before 11-1-11. I developed a plan of action, I took steps towards it's achievement, and as it turns out - I achieved my goal 2 months early, making the relocation happen on 9/1/11.

It's been a busy, whirlwind, but exciting year for me. As I reflect on the year, and all that was accomplished, I cannot help but go into the New Year with excitement and anticipation as to all the possibilities for the goals I am targeting to accomplish this year.

In 2012, I am going to set the mark higher - so that I have to stretch to achieve them on time! (A little pressure never hurt anyone, right?)

My relocation was a personal goal.

I had a vision for how it could happen, I developed an action plan on the steps that I believed were required to achieve it, and I achieved my goals, in a way that exceeded my own expectations.

The funny thing about my plan of action - the more I believed in the vision that I had for making the move effortlessly and with ease, the easier and more effortless the plan became to fulfill.

It's like the Universe just put the right people, places, and things in my path to get to the next step more quickly.

Do you have a goal to achieve in the coming year? Do you need help developing an action plan?

Let's chat!

Analyze --> Next Phase of Improvement

In my last blog: Improve Your Approach - Improve Your Life we explored the first two phases of the improvement process, and how to use the DMAIC approach to improve your life.

In this blog we move on to the most important phase in my opinion - Analyze.
"Where and When do "defects" occur." In this case, where do the choices and decisions in your life process breakdown?

In the process of our life, we must analyze why we make choices that do not support the attainment of the goals we set for ourselves. Often times, we are our own worst enemy towards goal attainment. We get distracted, make excuses, and rationalize why we must make choices that do not support our long term goals.

For whatever reason, we often start out on the path to our goals with a great deal of motivation and excitement, and as time passes, our desire and ambition fade away, along with the vision we are striving to achieve.

So, why do we do what we do? Because we do not hold ourselves accountable. We find a way to blame the circumstances, surroundings, or people around us for our lack of success.

For instance, in the case of weightloss - we blame the office potluck, lack of time, and sometimes the DNA of our parents on our inability to make good food choices for ourselves. When in reality, we have the ability to choose.

Here's where a life coach comes in handy. A life coach provides you with the tools and activities you need and works with you to analyze why you have breakdowns in your choices and how you can stay on track and remain accountable for your own success.

Do you need help improving your life process? Let's chat!