WE LOVE THE PLANNING BUT THE ACTION BIT IS SCARY!
Yesterday was our 2nd coaching session. We’d worked on courage, motivation, and goals. But even though this had been confronting in parts, none of this was as scary as when I asked him to plan the process by week.
The rubber hit the road with an audible bump.
My client is writing a novel and has been off and on for some time. Milestone of week one? Decide on an editor. He identified 4 tasks he’d need to do to get there and the amount of time needed to complete each.
‘So by Friday, I’ll actually have an editor? Wow! I’m finally going to do this aren’t I?’ he said, scared and excited in equal measure.
Yes! Yes you are! By switching from the emotional/inspirational part of the journey to the practicalities, the barriers are gone.
Just one more step to get it done. When you have planned the weekly milestones and the tasks to get to them each week, we get to the most confronting part.
You put the tasks as events in your calendar – block the time. Now they are as part of your life as any other meeting. You know when you’ll do them, where you’ll be, what you’ll need.
It has moved from something you need to do, to being part of your day between 2pm and 3pm tomorrow.
And having planned what you need to do by task and scheduled it in the calendar, you’ll reach the milestone by the end of the week.
It is this move from the motivational, emotional, and inspirational to the downright practical that makes this process work so well. You have integrated the actions into your life. The result is inevitable.
LIVE BRAVE, MY FRIENDS
