What is it that you are struggling with? | Lessons in Leadership

In the past, we have discussed how improved goal setting skills in your life and business would contribute to your success. The subject of goal setting deserves more attention. Goal setting is the most important of all personal improvement ideas. Goals give you a sense of purpose and direction, a process to keep score, and the confidence that comes from knowing where you?re going. When you have goals, you develop an almost mystical ability to achieve them. You begin to develop that insatiable desire to do whatever it takes, to develop whatever you need to develop, to achieve your goal. Occasionally, most people have thought about changing or improving. Some even go to the extent of buying a self-improvement book, but few ever complete it. Many people dream of becoming, of succeeding, but very few will ever realize their dreams because they never do anything about it! The information used in this article is from the RAC Coaching Process.

?A few of the benefits of having personal goals are:

1. Goals help you to discover your own personal uniqueness.
2. Goals?help you to overcome negative conditioning by forcing you to concentrate?on positive, achievement-oriented areas.
3. Goals?add to the excitement of life.
4. Goals?help you to make better decisions.
5. Goals?help you to live your life the way you want (if you don?t set your goals, ???? someone else will set them for you).
6. Goals help you to bring out the ?best? in you.

A few of the reasons that goal setting may fail are:

1. Goals?are not specific.
2. The individuals have no personal goals.
3. Top?management does not commit.
4. There is no feedback.
5. There is no regular measure of progress.

?To have?you must become!? might aptly describe the number one reason that the majority of people will never reap the rewards ? they never pay the price ? they never take their dreams and establish goals. If you have a goal, something to strive for, you can become whatever it takes to achieve the goal.

The value of goals is evident in the world of sports. Can you imagine a football game without a goal post? Without goals many people play the game of life, running up and down the field without ever scoring. Goals help us to overcome obstacles to success. In hockey, the goaltender tries to keep the puck out of the net. In life, we say we try to achieve our ?goals? but we are our own defense. When goals are not written and specific, when we have no plan, our ?defense? is our own self-image, self-doubt, and procrastination.

When your goals are clearly defined, problems become ?opportunities for solutions,? and determination becomes our dominant characteristic. Our attitude becomes positive and confident. The late Will Rogers, one of the most quoted and remembered Americans, once said, ?The difference between winning and losing any contest begins long before the game starts?and it?s no secret. The winners expect to win ? the losers just hope.? If you expect to win, to succeed ? you will!

In life, you cannot always decide what will happen to you, but you can always decide how you will react to what happens.

There are many, many reasons for success, but only 3 for failure:

1. We?only fail when we stop learning from our ?setbacks.?
2. We?fail when we give up and stop trying.
3. We?fail when we start ?justifying? our failure by pointing the finger of blame on someone or something else.

Goal setting helps you to concentrate on success, or how you can achieve goals. Put another way, in the words of William Shakespeare, echoed by Robert Kennedy: ?Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not.?

The only determining factor in achieving the end result you want is you! It?s deciding what results you want; making sure they?re big enough, high enough, and tough enough to stretch you, to force you to grow to reach them. When we stop growing and learning, we start failing. The mind is like a muscle. If someone taped your arm to your side for 6 months, how much strength do you think you?d have in that arm? Could you strengthen the muscles or the arm? How? By exercise. The same thing is true of our minds.

The successful person is one who has ingrained that concept so deeply; it is second nature to him. The mind is the greatest asset, the most powerful muscle, and exercising it is a daily, almost second nature HABIT.

In the final analysis, the responsibility of strengthening and improving lies on your shoulders. The only real form of development is self-development.

We are available to talk with you about your unique challenges: contact me at (706) 212-2077, or tom@kesgroupllc.com.

Having almost 40 years of executive experience, with 25 plus as a credit union CEO, Tom's knowledge of leadership, governance and team building are proven. As a certified business coach, Tom's mission is to help others reach and release their true potential, and do so with their teams. Leadership is the same regardless of the industry. Issues such as problem solving, decision making, goal setting and motivating your employees are shared opportunities. While my experience has been in credit unions, I am also a veteran and have served on numerous non-for-profit boards of directors. The issues faced by credit unions and not-for-profits are unique is as much as they have volunteer directors who usually have no leadership training or experience and very limited resources with which to invest in staff development. Attitude and behavior are the causes of employee's and directiors not being excited and engaged, not skills and knowledge. Our developmental coaching process will create a positive change in you, your staff, and directors.

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