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7 Steps To Setting Business Goals (for Coaches & Consultants)

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7 Steps To Setting Business Goals (for Coaches)

How many times have you heard that being a successful coach is all down to setting goals?

The truth? It takes a lot more than that. If setting goals was all it took, many more of us would be successful millionaire coaches and consultants.

Today, I’m going to break down goal setting and teach you how to be a success in whatever you decide to do in life. Let’s get started with the basics!

1) What is a goal?

A goal is a target achievable in measurable, attainable steps. It’s more than just a desire or a need, and has an existence of its own. 

A desire or a wish is less tangible and often just fleeting. Who doesn’t desire to have a never-ending supply of coaching leads or to have a sold-out high-ticket coaching offer that? Very few would not, but despite the widespread desire, it’s not a goal. 

A goal is a desire, wish or need achievable by actions you can take. It is more than a mere wish or desire.

2) How to set a goal?

Setting a goal is a process which starts with an achievable wish, need or desire. First you must decide on the following:

  • What do you want?
  • Where do you want to be?
  • What’s your status, career or qualifications?

A goal can relate to any desire, wish or need achievable by actions you can take.

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You then break down the goal into small individual steps or actions. Achievable goals are goals where you can influence their realisation and measure your progress towards them. Achieving long-term life-changing goals is a process of achieving—step by step—short and medium-term actions.

3) What actions are required?

Goals require action on your part. (Shocker, right?)

First, you need to decide what action is required to achieve the goal. Your first action is always to always write your goals down. Putting pen to paper—and this is one time when a real pen and paper are required—gives your goals an existence of their own.

Writing a plan is an essential step in achieving your goals—without it you will, over time, amend the long term goal to fit your reality. You will eventually reduce the goal to a wish, and wishes only come true by chance.

4) Analyze the results

You then need to analyze, and work out in detail how you’re going to accomplish each individual goal. This means writing a detailed plan of what tangible actions are required to achieve each individual goal.

These actions then become smaller, short-term goals leading to major long-term goals.

5) What steps do I need to take today?

Every day, ask yourself “What steps do I need to take today?”. By now it should all be planned in advance, so check your plan and make sure you take each step every day.

If you discover additional steps are needed, add them to the plan.

6) Review your achievements every week and month

Every week, review your progress. Check what you’ve done and what you may have missed. Adjust your plan for the next week or month accordingly.

Your plan should always take into account what you will do today, tomorrow, this week, next week, before the end of the month, etc. 

Always write down the results you’ve gotten each week.

7) What if things go wrong?

If goals were easy to achieve, everyone would be successful millionaires. Goals are difficult because they move you outside your comfort zone to do things differently.

To be successful, you have to face your own fear of failure and take risks.

There will be setbacks—expect them, they are part of the process. That doesn’t mean you give up. It means you keep working towards them despite the pain and frustration you might feel.

Setting Goals (And Achieving Them) Isn’t Easy—But It’s Absolutely Worth It

If you’re not prepared to take action towards your goals, then you’re wasting your time.

True success comes from the daily actions we all take. Using goals ensures that all the actions you take are moving you in the direction you wish to go. Daily or weekly reviews keep you on track, and applying these simple tips will ensure you achieve your goals.

About The Author

Hey! I’m Cass, a Certified Brand Coach and a Co-Founder at Lovely Impact. I help coaches elevate their businesses with beautiful branding and websites. Here on our blog, my content focuses on branding, web design, and storytelling.

By Cass

Hey! I’m Cass, a Certified Brand Coach and a Co-Founder at Lovely Impact. I help coaches elevate their businesses with beautiful branding and websites. Here on our blog, my content focuses on branding, web design, and storytelling.

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