Setting Effective Goals #3

Ok, so you've come up with your "Compelling" goal. Great. Next, set a date for achieving it. When can this realistically get done. Take out a sheet of paper or click onto your computer journal and write the goal, the date you'll have it and sign it. That's right, sign it. Make a copy and give it to someone you love or trust or like a little. Place it on your refridgerator, mirror or somewhere so you can see it every day.

Do it. Do it today. Do it NOW.

John Hudome, DCH
"Workout, eat and live as if your life depended on it."

Setting Effective Goals #2

Ok, so let's go over it again and get it really clearly. Goals need to be COMPELLING. They need to really really rock you. Compelling goals will draw you toward them and you won't be able to resist. Think of that word, Compelling. Use it. Ask yourself, "Is this goal Compelling?" "Am I drawn to it?" If you are you'll know it instantly. If not, re-set it and ask again. Keep doing this until you have an absolutely undeniably compelling goal that you just can't wait to make a reality.

John Hudome, DCH
"Workout, eat and live as if your life depended on it."

How to Set Goals Effectively

Goal setting, it all starts here. Doesn't it? This is very important. Because if you don't set goals effectively, you'll likely not reach them.

So because of this being so important, Ive decided to change my approach a little bit. My feedback from friends and colleagues has been, "your blogs (articles to some) are good but sometimes too long." So I'm taking the ADD approach and writing a little at a time. I'll put some up every day, or every other day, or every third day, kinda like a kid with ADD.

So, here goes...

1. Set your goals high enough that they are compelling, worth going for. But not too high that you'll get discouraged and quit before you reach them.

Example: I received a call from a woman one day who asked about my weight loss services. I asked what her height and weight was. She said, "5'4" and 190lbs." I asked what she wanted to weigh. She said, "I'd like to be around 150 (with wimpy tonality)." I said, "that doesn't sound like it excites you. What would you really like to weigh?" and she said without hesitation and excitement in her voice, "130, I'd really like to weigh 130. I know I would look great at 130."

We agreed on a goal of 130lbs. She got it. The rest is history.

John Hudome, DCH

"Workout, eat and live as if your life depended on it."