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Review and Reset: Real-life Goals Work

July 6, 2010

Filed under: Mid-year Goals, goals, success — Tags: 2010 goals, Big Fish Nation, Lorin Beller Blake, Mid-year Goals, summer, women in leadership — Starla J King @ 8:53 am

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[blog post by Starla J. King, Big Fish 2009-10]

Ah, summertime!

Long days of sunshine luring us to the water, summer vacations giving us an excuse to play hard and relax even harder, and all sorts of external activities encouraging us to step away from work for a while.

Ice cream, anyone?

While it might seem counter-intuitive to talk about goals during this time of typical work breaks, it’s actually one of the best times to review and reset our goals. Our minds are open, our energy is in a positive place, and our dreams are more accessible. It’s a perfect set-up!

I have my Big Fish Goals Wheel in front of me — created in Dec 2009 during Lorin’s Big Fish Annual Goals-setting Teleclass, expanded a bit in January (2010), revised slightly this spring. Let’s take a look together at some of my goals:

Personal:
Intention: Mystically connected
- Yoga at least 1 time per week
- Morning Pages [2 pages stream of consciousness longhand writing ] 5 days per week
- Monthly “Artist Date” [anything that fills my creative storehouse] alone

Career:
Intention: Simply amazing
- Set up OutWrite Living (see OutWrite Living biz goals)
- Complete Book 1 concept, outline, and proposal
- Establish myself as expert blogger-for-hire / blogging coach (see OutWrite Living biz goals)
- Set up t-shirt line and begin selling at least 3 designs

Fun & Recreation:
Intention: Main Ingredient
- Daily playtime

A quick review of my Personal goals, and I realize that I haven’t done yoga even one time ALL year. So I need to look at that – am I the issue here, or does the goal just not fit? In this case, it’s the goal – I’ve done other body and spiritual work that has met that need wonderfully, so I am erasing that goal because I no longer need it. (note, always use PENCIL… goals set in stone can actually get in the way of our success!)

Morning pages 5 days per week? Check! Celebrate my success there! With ice-cream, of course.

Monthly Artist Date? I’ve neglected that, and definitely still need that goal. No revisions there, no self-reprimand — just renewed focus.

My Career goals are on track, which actually surprises me. I’ve felt as though I haven’t made a lot of progress towards the career goals, but I see in reality, I’m right where I planned to be at this time of year. More celebration (and more ice-cream! and a new goal to work out even harder! ):
- New business (OutWrite Living) is being formed
- The book concept is becoming more clear as the new business takes shape
- I have several blog-writing jobs and am coaching people re: successful blog-writing
- Our t-shirts are ready (just need to get them online for sale)

Fun & Recreation? I’ve had playtime in most of my days, but definitely not all, so I’ll keep that goal as it is and will refresh my determination to make play a MAIN INGREDIENT of my life – a non-negotiable.

As you can see, this is not a difficult exercise… it’s actually fun (ooh, I just met one of my goals for today!).

Hopefully you already have your goals written down and refer to them often, but if you don’t, you can create them now. You still have an entire ½ of this year to make things happen!

What are some of your key goals?? Share them here to give them even more strength, to get support from other readers, and to get excited about them all over again!

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Need more help with setting and reviewing goals? See previous blog posts for additional tips and inspiration:
- Resolution Revolution
- Clipping into 2010
- Spring-cleaning your goals

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Resolution Revolution

January 12, 2010

It’s the second week of January, 2010 – how are your New Years Resolutions coming along? Be honest…

You might be surprised to know that I personally try not to set New Year’s resolutions. They tend to carry with them the expectation of failure, with success being measured not by whether you achieved what you wanted, but just by how long you stuck to your new plan. Think about it, when someone tells you they are still following their New Year’s resolution a whole month later, aren’t you actually surprised?

However, just because I don’t set New Year’s resolutions, that doesn’t mean I dive wildly into a new year without challenging myself and setting a clear plan. I set GOALS. They are written down, they are clear, and they are exciting! AND I set the expectation of meeting them.

I’m not talking about blah “things I should do but really dislike doing” kind of goals, I’m talking about setting challenges that light a fire under you every day and keep you motivated and reaching for the stars.

So… have you set your goals and written them down? If not, don’t worry, there’s still time! Set aside ½ an hour and take some time to think about what you really want to accomplish this year.

Need some motivation? Read this short article about an amazing woman, Tererai Trent, and the incredible goals she set – and reached!

If you are struggling with this process, we highly recommend purchasing our goal setting teleclass that we recorded live in December (click here). It will make the process highly inspiring and easy!

We at Big Fish Nation love to think about those exciting things that make us just a bit (or a lot!) nervous because those are the goals that make us stretch. Go ahead, write those things down for yourself!

So, your goals are written, now what? You should not do them alone! You will be exponentially more effective (and motivated!) if you have a community to support you in reaching your goals. Big Fish Nation is here to support you in reaching your goals, big and small. We’d love to have you swim with us – come on in, the water’s warm!

You see, as you reach your goals, it keeps all of us moving toward our vision.

When one women business owner accomplishes something, it not only lifts her, but all women entrepreneurs that are working to have greater impact.

Your success matters.

Our success matters.

Make 2010 matter like no other year you’ve experienced yet ! It all starts with your goals…

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Need more help setting your goals?? This year we are offering a Replay of our Annual Goal Setting Class so you can listen to the 90 minute teleclass on your time and in your space. We are also including our infamous one page goal wheel as a bonus. Click here to purchase online now for $59!

The Big Fish Journal is perfect for writing down your goals! Click here to get yours!

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