PLAN TO SUCCEED!

PLAN TO SUCCEED!

To get what we want in life we need to have a plan.  Goals are an important part of making plans and being successful. If we want to lose weight, we need to set goals and have a plan.  If we want to be successful in business, we need to set goals and have a plan. If we want to have less stress, we need to set goals and have a plan.

You’ve heard that saying?  “She that fails to plan plans to fail.”

So how can you plan to succeed?  You need to start by setting goals following the S.M.A.R.T. formula.

 Most people say things like, “I want to be thinner” or “I want to get rich” or “I want to be healthier, happier, less stressed etc.”  These are not goals you can plan to achieve. They are wishes or desires.  S.M.A.R.T goals are:

     S   =   Specific

     M  =   Measurable

     A   =   Action Based

     R  =   Realistic

     T   =   Time Bound

Be specific about what rich, thinner, fitter, healthier or less stressed means to you.  Make your goal something you can measure.  Being thinner means losing how much weight or being fitter means running how many kilometres?  What does less stress involve for you? How much money would you like to be earning a year?

Make sure you will get into action about your goal by basing it on a true desire.  If you are not excited about your goal, find ways to make it more fun.  If you’re trying to lose weight then save all the money you usually spend on chocolate and put it towards the reward of a holiday or new clothes. 

Be realistic about your goal.  Losing two or three kilos a week may be difficult and unhealthy, so plan to aim to lose a half a kilo or one kilo a week instead.  Being rich in twelve months may be too  much of a stretch for you so you will give up. If you make the goal realistic you will stick to it. 

Lastly make your goal time bound by giving it an end date.  This gives your goal a sense of urgency and makes you get into action about it. Keep this date realistic.

This week look at your goals and make them S.M.A.R.T.  “I will lose 20 kilos by January 28^th 2006” “I will be able to run 5 kilometres in 15 minutes by February 16^th 2006″  ”My business will be earning $X by March 30th 2012”   

Above all don’t fail to plan.  Plan to succeed!

By Lisa Branigan, Life Coach

http://www.quantumcoaching.com.au

Create 10 Delightful Daily Habits

Create 10 Delightful Daily Habits

Practising extreme self-care in our life involves practising good “daily” habits.

Daily habits involve more than just exercising and eating right. They include all the things that bring us enjoyment and delight.

Having ten daily habits is considered the right number to produce the benefits extreme self-care brings. Practising extreme self-care actually produces more time, space and money in our lives. When we truly care for our own needs first, we build a reserve of energy and resources that enables us to sustain extreme self-care in our own life with enough left over to care for others.

What are daily habits we could perform? Here are some suggestions.

· Stretch
· Relaxing bedtime ritual
· Floss your teeth
· Nourishing get up routine
· Under promise
· Physical activities
· Listening to music
· Writing in a journal
· Eating well
· Reading for pleasure
· Drinking 2 litres of water
· Going to bed to get enough sleep

The key to benefiting from your daily habits and practising extreme self-care is to do just that, make them “daily” habits.

Your challenge this week is to create a list of at least 10 delightful daily habits. Pick the top 5 habits and practise them “daily” for 7 days. You are now starting to practise Extreme Self-Care. Notice the energy and well being you create by doing this.

I don’t have enough time to get it ALL done!

One thing I often hear form the women I coach is the words;

“I don’t have enough time to get it all done!”

Quite simply, if this is the case, then you really only have two options:

 1. Do less.

 2. Create more time.

The first place to start would be to do a time budget. This is a tool you use to keep a daily record of how and where you spend your time. From this you can see if anytime is being wasted on things that are unproductive for you.

(Please note: I do not class “me time” or time spent exercising, relaxing etc. as unproductive).

How else could you do less and also create more time?

1. Delegate anything on your daily to-do-list that can be done by someone else.
2. Have one day a week off from social media sites and web-surfing!
3. Un-subscribe from any non-essential email lists.
4. Delete any non-essential emails..you know the funny forwarded stuff!!
5. Order healthy take-out once a week.
6. Once a week eat a meal off paper plates using plastic cutlery.
7. Cook double meals and freeze half for another night.
8. Hire a teen to help with light home duties: dusting, sweeping, folding, childcare etc.
9. Go to bed one hour earlier and wake an hour earlier. (You are more productive in the morning).
10. Reduce stress and worry as this depletes energy and performance levels.

 Can’t implement your changes alone? Need time management support?

Work with a coach who can support you to implement one change at a time until you can manage to get it all done!

 Enjoy!

Are you spending to much time on your business?

Are you spending to much time on your business?

To live a balanced life you need to give the 8 areas of your life the time and attention they need.

For those who recently tested my Life Balance Wheel you know the 8 areas of your life are:

1. Career/Business
2. Health
3. Love
4. Family/friends
5. Time out
6. Finances
7. Environment
8. Spirituality

Everyone’s idea of the time needed in each area (to feel balanced) will be different, but you know if you are giving too much time to a particular area (like your business).

Do you find it hard to resist checking emails or turning the computer off?

Do you get into bed at night and your mind is still whizzing with business info?

Do you worry about your business profit?

Do you need to raise your profits to improve your life balance?

If the major reason you spend so much time on your business is to have a healthier profit margin so you can then “have a life” consider getting some assistance with this!

Profitable business=Life Balance!

http://www.quantumcoaching.com.au

Helping you work smarter not harder

If time is money then you have a spare $3500 to spend every week!

Do you have enough time to “get it all done!”?????

Why is it that some people have enough time but others don’t seem too?

We all have the same amount of time =168 hours a week!

If you work full-time then you are at work for around 40 hours a week and you sleep for about 56 hours a week. That leaves you with about 72 hours a week leftover or about 10 hours a day! (less on work days more on days off)

That has got you thinking hasn’t it….now you are wondering what on earth you do with 10 spare hours a day!

If we say every hour is worth $50 (average tradies rate), then you have $3 500 worth of spare time each week…what do you spend that time doing? If you don’t have enough hours in a day then it’s worth doing a time budget (just like a money budget) to see where you are spending your time (or overspending your time).

You wouldn’t just throw $3 500 away so why waste your 72 hours…make them work for you!

Once you know how you spend your spare 72 hours it’s worth doing another time budget to decide how you REALLY would like to spend that time…this gives you a goal to work towards on what changes need to be made so you use your spare 72 hours (or spend your $3 500) most effectively.

Need help with your budget….email me for a FREE time management budget planner!