Week Four: Cosmo/CareersCoach Goal-Setting Challenge

Overcoming obstacles

As we enter week four, many of you are probably feeling fantastic that your goals are on track and you can see real progress. But others may be feeling a little de-motivated. Why? Because you may have already come belly-to-belly with some hideous, insidious nasty obstacle you had not anticipated.

Perhaps, for example, you have realised just this week that your goal of becoming a CEO is not going to be so easy to achieve since every person in the office seems to be vying for the job and would sell their grandmother just to get it!

Or maybe you started the week with some grand plans for achieving a better work-life balance only to arrive at the office on Monday morning to find that your boss had set some goals of their own - goals that resulted in you working late every night. Not to worry, obstacles are made to be overcome.

Overcoming obstacles
Have you ever had to work really, really hard to get something so out-of-reach that it seemed almost impossible? If so, how amazing did it feel when you finally achieved it? And how did that feeling compare to when you have achieved things in life that were almost too easy to achieve? Probably not as good. That is why you should want to face obstacles.

Obstacles make the eventual achievement of your goals so much more satisfying. But if you stop as soon as you face your first obstacle, then you are simply not serious and need to reassess your goals. For tips on overcoming career obstacles visit www.blog.careerscoach.com.au.

Staying motivated
It's important that you find ways to be motivated every single day and stay focused on achieving your goals. Scheduling goals is a fantastic way to stay motivated and to ensure that you stay on track. By breaking each goal into workable tasks and scheduling a time to complete each task, you will achieve your goals in no time at all.

Goal-setting feedback
We would love to hear if you're on our four-week goal-setting program. Have you been happy with the program? What has worked for you? Is there anything that has not worked so well for you? Would you like us to prepare other online Cosmo/CareersCoach career coaching programs? E-mail Lisa at lisa@careerscoach.com.au.

 

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