Has life got you so caught up that you seem to have 3 weeks work to do in one week?  Making lists and never crossing items off them?

All too often we are being controlled and reacting to the environment around us and allowing others wishes to be more important to us than achieving our own long term goals.

Have you got your goals up in front of you?

Do you know where you are now and what the gap is between your goal and your current reality?

Have you set out a strategy to achieve that goal?

Have you set out the first set of action steps required to achieve the first strategy step?

Do you have someone to hold you accountable to achieving these strategy steps?

Are they realistic and timely?

Are they connected to your emotional wants as a reward?

Coaching places a realistic perspective on your Goals and helps you evaluate them to “plug up the leaks”.

Some of the key differences people who achieve have are:

• They are constantly scanning for opportunities
• They read regularly and over a wide selection of genres for balance
• They give of their time and skills generously
• They charge appropriately and will often be seen as over the market but exceptionally great service and value for money
• They look after their personal health and spiritual needs
• They love their family and make sure they spend time with them and are also catered for when they are not there.
• They seek mentors and accountability buddies.

This journey is not a short quick fix, change and achieving rewards takes knowledge, application, effort, mistakes and more learning.  It will involve huge emotional challenges and rewards.  But most of all it is satisfying and increases your humility, self-esteem and self-confidence.

Enjoy the journey and reach out to a Coach to help you get on track, explore your options and hold you accountable.

John Burkhardt - Gold Coast Christian Business Coach

The answer is a resounding YES! As an example, a good coaching colleague has just released her debut album with a distinct Folk/Pop feel.

Stephanie is a great coach and her heart is with supporting charity as below:

“In February 2008, I determined that my purpose in life is to “sing a song in my heart”. I wasn’t sure exactly what that meant when it came to me.  I used it as a metaphor for what I do as a coach.  Interestingly, since then it has all become more literal, and led me to writing and recording my own songs.   As a result, I have just finished recording my first original music EP called “Resilient Soul”.

JUNE TARGET

Just like most of us, I have had family and friends who have died from cancer, including, my dad, who died from pancreatic cancer in 2004.  I wanted to come up with a way to contribute to the Queensland Cancer Council on a bigger scale and so I have set a target to sell 200 of my CDs in June & am donating $2 from the sale of each EP in June to the Queensland Cancer Council… this target won’t be bringing me any profit – it’s going to take a few more than that to break even!

I am asking people to buy at least one EP to help me hit my $400 donation target for the Queensland Cancer Council.  I would also appreciate your help in spreading the word to anyone who could do with feeling a little more “resilient” and would appreciate the gesture of giving to the Cancer Council.”

For more information, to listen to some songs from the CD (follow the link on the “Music” page) to:  www.stephaniegill.wordpress.com.  You will find the whole story behind the EP there.

So yes, Coaches do set goals and do achieve them.

Goals are crucial in moving forward in the long term.

Cheers John B