Power Goals: Lesson from Linda Ware
Posted by Teresa | Under Writing Lessons Thursday Jul 17, 2008Yesterday, I attended another wonderful eWednesday Chat and the special guest was Linda Ware, Author, Speaker and Coach.
Linda talked about Power Goals – the Power of Written Goals. She says that the action of writing the goals down is more effective in seeing them completed because you have taken the ACTION to write them down. She went onto to say, it is imperative to write the goals in such a way in order to ensure you will complete the goals.
She ran the attendees through a exercise where we stood up, closed our eyes and with a outstretched arm with pointer finger to the side. We were asked to turn our bodies as far as we could in the direction of our arm (I had my left arm directly out from my side with my pointer finger pointed outward) so I moved to the left. Then we were asked to open our eyes. Linda said, “Ok, see where your finger is pointing. Now, look about 1 ft further and come back to the beginning. Now close your eyes again and visualize what was the place at 1 ft further away. Do the exercise again and see where you ended up.
Well, low and behold when I did this…I did in fact end up 1 ft further than I had the first time. And that is the power of possibilities. We can go further many times than we think we can. It is about realizing it and then doing it.
It was a great exercise and had a great impact on me.
So when you are writing your goals—-choose them with positive and affirmation points. For instance, Linda gave this example “If you are trying to lose weight. Say to yourself each day. Today, I am lighter then I was yesterday. I am losing weight everyday. It is abit more powerful then I will….
It is placing the emphasis on I am TODAY doing this and have accomplished this, instead of the future of completing something.
If you would like to receive more information regarding Linda Ware’s programs such as Power Goals, you can visit her website.
Thank you Linda for wonderful presentation.