What is the process that achieves the results?

The process and structure is nothing new. However, like most processes, it has to be followed before it works: that’s the hurdle that trips most people and why many people benefit from a coach.

The secret in achieving is in setting goals that truly matter. Your highest aspirations and deepest longings are the source of your power. They are what drive you into producing results, into success.

“Your highest aspirations and deepest longings are the source of your power.”

Remember the old saying: “necessity is the mother of invention”? Here achieving the goal happens because it is created by a deep-seated need – especially when the goal is as basic as survival. An extreme (but good) example of this is in the true story told in the book and movie, Touching the Void, when Joe Simpson, despite shocking injuries to his leg, no food and water, seemingly impossible terrain and freezing temperatures, somehow crawls back to camp over the course of several days. He was driven to achieve it because he wanted it badly enough.

“See it. Feel it. If you want it badly enough, you will achieve it.”

Take time to become fully aware of what you see and feel in those moments of longing and hope, with what you really want. See it. Feel it. Clearly specify and articulate the results you most want. Clarify your current reality. Then bridge the gap between vision and reality with persistent, creative action.

“Clearly specify what you most want. Clarify your current reality. Bridge the gap”

Once you have a clear understanding of your situation, plan your strategy and generate options: consider numerous options.

“Plan your strategy. Consider options. Experiment and invent what you need to produce what you want”

If you have difficulty generating options, think about what won’t work. You’ll be amazed how many great ideas come from what you think is impossible! Also, ask what your boss, peers, subordinates, or competitors would do.

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes” – Marcel Proust

Look at the numerous options you’ve come up with to create the best solution, the best course of action. Now challenge it. Can you improve it? What are the risks? If the solution holds up, incorporate any improvements and look at how you can eliminate or minimize the risks.

“Challenge the solution. Refine it. Evaluate it. Minimise risk. Evaluate again”

Then take action. Massive action if necessary. Nothing happens without action. If your goal is to win the Lotto, you have to take action and buy at least one ticket!

“TAKE ACTION. Continually evaluate – is it working?”

Continually evaluate the solution to make sure it is taking you in the right direction – towards your goal. Continually refine and evaluate. If it’s not working, do something differently. Change it and go through the process again – if you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.

Then when you get to where you wanted to be, celebrate your success. You’ve worked hard for it! And celebrate successes along the way. Stop and give yourself a pat on the back.

“Celebrate successes along the way as well as at the end”

Take time on the journey to look down the mountain occasionally to see how far you’ve come – you may be feeling the final 500m to the top is a very long way, but when you see you’ve already climbed 5500m, it can put a different perspective on it!

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has achieved in life as by the obstacles that have been overcome while trying to succeed”. Booker T Washington

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