1. Podcast #6, my full discussion of the six components of whole person wellness is now available.  Download it to your ipod, mp3 player, or listen directly on my website here.  

2. Questions?  Have you got questions you'd like to see covered in my articles?  If so, please email me at info@i-grow.net.  I continually strive to provide content of value and your inputs and posts on my blog are extremely valuable to me.

NEW ARTICLES AND PODCASTS

Here's the latest podcast and articles released to The Personal Growth Network. Please post questions you have on the blog!

• Podcast #6 -The Six Components of Whole Person Wellness
• Net Worth or Life Worth, Where’s your focus?
• Book Review – Beyond the Relaxation Response
• Book Review – The Relaxation Response
• How to Get Motivated in 30 Days
• Creating your Summit Challenge
• Book Review – You Call the Shots

I've heard the rumor that creating a habbit takes 28 days.  How would it be if I could give you a process that would guarantee getting motivated to achieve your most important goals in 30 days or less?  Would you truly be willing to do what it takes to make that happen?  

If you've been struggling to get motivated to make your biggest goals and dreams come true ask yourself what it is that you truly want.  If you've neglected to make this happen up until now and you are not willing to put in 30 days of effort (I'll explain the challenge below), perhaps you need to face the possibility that while your goals would be a 'nice to have', they are really not the goals that make your soul tick.  At some point in life you'll need to come to terms with yourself as to whether or not you've created the right goal.  Why not face that question now?  
 
What happens if you truly believe you've got the right goal, but you just havent been able to make it a reality yet? Are you thinking of the excuses you've had in the past already?  Why is what you are thinking about doing so important? Get beyond the the simple answers to the question (ie: I know exercise is good for me, I want to be financially well off in the future, I know this is good for my career), and feel the why.  If you can not connect with the deep rooted sensation of the why, its not the right goal.  If you are not passionate for the why, keep searching. Goals rooted in emotion are the goals that will be achieved.  Forget the old adage of setting SMART goals.  If that hasn't worked for you in the past, create the vision that will inspire action.  Feel and be at one with that vision.  To give you an example, if you want to exercise - where's your passion.  Running 5x/week may not be, but running to save lives of children with leukemia may be.  If you want more money, why?  Connect with this reason and make it more than an intellectual knowing - feel it.  

Your 30 day motivational challenge begins with the creation of a goal/vision you resonate with in your gut.  This challenge is intended to get the ball rolling and to shift your current mentality such that you can create long term and sustained success.  Once you've established the right goal, you are ready and are well on your path to success. The next step is to take action.  For the next 30 days, commit in writing to taking at least one action per day, every day towards accomplishing your goal or vision.  The size of the commitment each day does not matter, the consistent action does.  We're looking at shifting mentality, not necessarily to bring about your desired outcome in 30 days. For 30 days, you get to take no days off.  If you are unwilling to do this and you're already imagining the excuses, then I'd argue that you are not really passionate about the vision you've created.  Remember, it does not matter how small the action is, but it must be an action representing movement forward. 

Write down what you do every day for 30 days along with the intended result of your action, and post this record along with the goal in a visible location.  If you can stick to this simple method, you'll create a shift in your life that has you motivated to continue to create your goal long past the 30 day trial period.  If you give up before the 30 days has come - ask yourself where your true passions are. 

For a full explanation of the technique, for samples of goal setting and log sheets, and to learn more about creating the right goal/vision, visit the full article here.  

How would it be to shift from thinking about your goal to making it happen?  Ready to get started?

Be Well

Written by
Doug Nau; MBA, Certified Life Coach
www.coachforwellness.com, www.i-grow.net
Professional Life/Wellness Coach & Consultant