What does success look like for you? How do you want to be?
This is the crucial starting point of your planning.
Be grateful for where you are you are now but look forward to how your future will be.
Goals need clarity and precision. Vague goals bring vague results. They need to excite and scare you.
Think about the type of person you wish to be or the type of identity you wish to have
1. How do you wish to be?
2. How will that make you feel?
3. What difference will it make to you and the aspects of your life?
4. Can you see yourself being how, you say you want to be?
5. Dose this identify with your values and beliefs?
6. Is your timescale realistic within the constraints of your life? Great things take time to achieve
Align your habits, behaviours and schedule with how you want to be.
What are the action steps that you’ll need to take?
Are these are realistic for you?
Such as: Exercise - frequency, duration, specific days/times Nutrition - meal planning/food shopping/ preparing and cooking meals Sleep - wake-up time/ hours sleep required/ necessary bedtime/sleep hygiene
What are you currently good at?
What is your bottleneck right now?
What are your top priorities for this week, this month, the following 3 months?
How are you going to know if you’re achieving that?
Choose relevant metrics of success for you.
Have multiple measures - ie feeling fitter: less breathless going upstairs/balance on one leg/stronger performing a specific task.
Have a sliding scale/percentage of achievement for each - not a ‘win or lose’ approach.
Daily affirmations of achievements are crucial; each piece ultimately completes your jigsaw. You need to know as soon as possible that you have the right pieces for your jigsaw. Ensuring your progress isn’t delayed if a piece needs modifying.
Set a review date - fortnightly?
Adopt a ‘Test and See’ rather than a ‘Set and Hope’ - try something and see if it works for you.
Stay curious.
If your trial isn’t working, we can modify it.