How to Bring Your Big Dreams to Life

What big dreams are on your radar for 2020? Maybe a new relationship?  Finding your purpose?  Embracing a huge lifestyle change?  Finally taking that BIG leap?

No matter what it is, today’s blog is about taking that next step to make your vision board, new year’s resolution, or word-of-the-year a reality!

That next step is to get into action and make CONSISTENT traction.

It’s time to create the momentum to actually make all that amazement you deserve, HAPPEN.

Let’s get real. You’re uber busy, life is happening, and those lofty, blissful dreams and aspirations you had in January, have likely waned, if not dissipated.

Am I right or am I right?

According to U.S. News & World Report, by mid-February about 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions have already failed.

I notice this in my coaching practice. For example, take my clients who create AMAZING vision boards every January…. About 6 weeks later, I see a lot of THIS:

• The initial excitement of their vision board feels like a distant memory or worse, they’re questioning how then ever thought any of it was even POSSIBLE.
• They aren’t sure how to make their big, beautiful vision board dreams truly happen in real life.
• They know they should have taken the actions steps they jotted on their vision board mind maps, but they haven’t.
• They’re not sure how to get started and STAY started, and wish they had a concrete, no-brainer step-by-step action plan to follow.
• They lack the discipline to set – and stick to – goals, unless through coaching, I hold their feet to the fire.  Left to themselves, they admit things will slide or they’ll find excuses.
• They’re inconsistent with the all-important steps that produce sustainable traction.

Whether YOUR January ritual is vision boards, word-of-the-year affirmations, OR New Year resolutions, you might relate to the above.

And, I TOTALLY get it! It’s like wandering into the NOW-WHAT? Syndrome.

And, from what I’ve seen with many clients, that can very easily slip into the SO-WHAT-WHY-BOTHER-NOW? Syndrome.

This is not at ALL what any of my clients REALLY want. And I suspect it’s the same for you too.

If, like my clients, you love the energy of your vision board – or your new year’s resolution or word-of-the-year affirmation – then I know you want to stay connected to those feelings and that POSSIBILITY of WHAT IF?….

Most of us start out well-intentioned. We truly WANT to make our dreams happen and get traction.

Plus, we’d like it to be easy and fun… We want to achieve real life action steps WITHOUT sequestering ourselves on some mountain-top yurt for the entire year to do them.

Enter goal setting…

A Goal without a Plan is Just a Wish – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Goals give us direction, purpose and infuse passion into our life and work.

Goals are what give our dreams traction.

Here’s the thing. Far too many of my private clients come to me not knowing why – or even how – to set the kind of audacious-yet-achievable goals that will breathe life into their dreams.

Goal setting is the heartbeat of success for my clients. There’s more to it than jotting a few bullet points on a mind map or slapping Post-It notes on a vision board.

The goal setting process I take my clients through brings their big dreams to life.

It’s a process that WORKS because they….

…Get crystal clear.

…Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals.

…Create a plan with goals that FEEL GOOD.

…Follow a fool-proof step-by-step TRACTION plan of inspired, consistent, laser-focused action.

Here’s an inside peek at what that looks like! It requires…

• Developing habits to lay the solid groundwork needed to successfully hit BIG goals.
• Getting CRYSTAL clear which core values to embrace and nurture that perfectly align with their vision and goals and make their dreams a true reality.
• Ditching the habits and self-sabotaging behaviors that tend to trip them up and prevent them living their IDEAL life.
• Identifying super concrete, SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound)
• Staying intentional and accountable about those things they truly want.
• Being in FULL action making consistent progress and momentum.
• Becoming savvier about mindset mastery and managing that energy (this one is HUGE!).
• Intentionally keeping their vision and dreams alive by slaying big, audacious goals.

What if even one part of your big, beautiful vision or dream comes true for you in 2020?

How will THAT feel?

Speaking of FEELINGS, guess what? Successful goals have feelings!

Yep! At the heart of every goal the one thing I don’t hear enough about is that goals need FEELINGS.

This single key ingredient is what breathes life into our visions and dreams.

Without the FEELS, it just won’t happen. In my experience, the time my clients and I spend on this one area, makes THE biggest difference to their success.

So bella, don’t let your dreams land in the WHO-CARES-WHY-BOTHER-NOW? Pile….

You deserve to bring your dreams to life with the proper attention to goal setting.

And remember, embrace THE FEELS for every single goal you set!

Want to make 2020 a STELLAR year? Want some goal setting clarity? Let’s chat.

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Know you’re stressed? Want to get a handle on it in 2020?

What about YOU? What big dreams are on your radar?

I’d love to hear what goal setting strategies work for you and where you struggle the most. Drop your comments in the space below (and thanks for sharing!).