An Exercise For Faster Growth & Goal Achievements
Have you recently shut down due to overwhelm paralysis or burnout? It’s not uncommon for the person who has set too high of a goal for themselves without realistic milestones. In this article, I’ll reveal an exercise that can help you ground yourself & re-align to the current milestone goals to create faster more manageable growth so you can achieve your ultimate goals.
This exercise is something that requires you to be brutally honest with yourself about where you are right now instead of pretending you are farther ahead than you are. (No faking it til you make it.) Then, it has you strategize based on what feels in alignment and possible to do milestone goal setting so you ditch the overwhelm by focusing on goals that are more relevant in the here & now.
This strategic work is the exact work that I do as a strategist here at Passion Profit CEO to design my clients their easy & detailed Results Roadmap Checklist so they can grow their businesses & achieve their goals rapidly step-by-step.
Recently, I joined a mastermind and in this mastermind, we did this exercise I’ll be sharing just as I have many times before but it reminded me of how powerful it is in every area of life not just business. Therefore, I just want to share it with all of you in my audience so you can create faster growth & achievement in your journey, too.
Coaching Questions To Journal About
- Being brutally honest, what are you currently feeling overwhelmed or frustrated about?
- What challenges do you keep facing that make you feel like this isn’t possible for you?
- In what areas feel sticky and jarring like you are stuck in honey… less than and don’t know enough to proceed forward?
- Where is your ego holding you back by craving safety?
- Where is you ego looking for external validation?
- Where is your ego trying to make you pursue more in a direction you don’t want to go instead of you feeling at peace and on the right path?
- Where do you need to tell your ego to set down & shut up so that you can feel at peace? What needs to happen for you to feel at peace with where you are on your journey right now?
- What is the overall goal that you are trying to achieve?
- What have you not mastered on this journey that is an immediate goal or hurdle (not influenced by ego)? (Something in the here & now that you are looking to achieve that gets you closer to the overall goall.)
- What is required of you to be able to master this goal? (Write out all the milestone actionable steps that you know exist whether you know the HOW of each one or not.)
- Do you feel there are more steps that you don’t know yet to achieve this immediate goal? If so, what do you need to do in order to learn them?
- How do you need to think, act, & behave right now in order to achieve this immediate goal?
- What kind of support do you need to overcome the hurdles you are facing with achieving this goal?
- What might you regret if you rush through checking off the milestones quickly?
- What have you personally (a character trait, a responsibility) that you have not mastered yet that needs more practice or outside support for you to be able to grow into the person who has the overall results you desire to achieve? (Example: When spontaneous things come up (like your child getting sick) you get irritated instead of being at peace and have a hard time transitioning focus to the new priority with a good attitude & taking on the new responsibilities.)
- How can you start practicing these more often to feel more confident and be able to rise to your next level?
Conclusion
No matter what journey you are on there are sure to be challenges. (New level, new devil.) The great thing is though if you stay grounded & focused on what needs attention right now, you remove excess overwhelm and frustration that can be created by unrealistic immediate expectations. Journaling with brutal honesty and taking some time to re-align & strategically map out your immediate milestone goals is a great way to accelerate your growth & achievement results while also getting you closer to your overall goal without the added stress of feeling like you aren’t getting there fast enough.
Need Support?
If you have found yourself in overwhelm paralysis or burnout and would like support to get back on track & achieve your business goals, schedule a call & let’s map out your results roadmap together so that you have intense clarity on the strategic path to achieve your goals rapidly. Additionally, I can assist in you having the mindset & accountability or done-for-you support you need to follow through achieving your milestones one-by-one.
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