Change is Inevitable - Growth is optional

Daily we are all faced with doing new and different things. Change can knock us off track in an instant. How are you measuring how change is affecting you?

You must constantly be measuring your results to make sure you are on track to achieve what it is you want. You will get just what it is that you expect to get. It was once said that if you think you can or think you can't... you are right. So true.

Just this morning I was commenting on how important it is to establish benchmarks for performance in an organization. Without a target to aim for how will you know if you are progressing towards your goals? You must evaluate whether the action you are taking are moving you forward towards the results you want or in the other direction. It is critical that you take the right actions and then continue to act on them in order to get the success you are looking for. When working on a goal you and only you are the final say in whether you are getting the results you want. You get to decide what actions to take, it may mean that you re-evaluate the goal, or change it or even forget it altogether. Your choice.

When trying to grow you will go through some major changes. You will experience obstacles that will either hold you back or take you off track or you can embrace them, learn from them and grow! The choice is yours. Do you grow or change course?

Evaluation is critical! If you see yourself heading down a wrong road, a slippery slope or even at a dead stop... Change course. take new actions. If you are going along and ignore the directions and feedback, the warning signs, you may get so far along that it may be too late to fix it and you will have to start all over again. You may even not notice you are headed the wrong way because this is what is normal now and you have not looked at your original goal for quite some time. Evaluation is critical.

Start by setting your goals, then decide on the actions and implement. Simple right? It would seem so, but why do so many fail to accomplish things. It is because they fail to set measurements and regularly evaluate progress. Start off knowing what you want and then set this as the standard. Then... Measure, measure, measure.

What are you going to do to measure and hold yourself accountable? Who keeps you on track? Do you have a personal "board of directors"? Find someone to hold you accountable and then let them help you achieve more than you ever thought you could.

Live life with a passion and a clear direction!

Rick

www.coachrick.net