Six key steps to setting goals   Well, it’s the New Year and I am guessing most of you (me included) have set at least one goal or New Year resolution. So before you go much further, make sure that you set yourself up for success and give yourself the best possible chance to achieve your goals.  Today I share with you 6 key steps to writing goals that will help you achieve them.    State your goal positively Put your goal in context Express your goal in specific, sensory terms Choose a goal you can fulfill yourself Evaluate honestly the effects of achieving your goal Choose a worthwhile goal. Many of the people I coach have radically improved different aspects of their lives by using this approach to setting and achieving their goals. 1. State your goal positively State what you want (not what you don’t want!!). The brain works in such a way that stating a goal in negative terms can have completely the wrong effect. What most...

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Your Own Worst Enemy - How Not To Be! Top secrets to staying motivated and on track with your goals Have you ever set yourself a goal or committed to stopping or staring something (a diet, an exercise plan) and not managed to follow through?  If you are like every other person in the world then I am guessing the answer is yes, at least once! Just because you set yourself a goal it does not mean that you will achieve the outcome you want. Do you sometimes have a that little voice inside your head that says “I am finding it really hard to stay motivated to stick to this goal or “I wish I was more motivated to do the things I know need doing” For all of us at one time or another we have found it difficult to find the motivation and keep it. Unfortunately motivation won’t just fall into your lap – you have to take steps to create it. Wanting to do something and then actually doing it can be really hard.  We often mistake sheer will power with motivation. Will power is no go...

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Women With Purpose   Are you a women who is time poor but committment rich? Then you belong to a NOT SO exclusive club! I really, really dislike it when I see an advert asking me if I would like more time in the day – of course I would -  are these people idiots?   For me it has never been about more time. I knew that if I had more time then I would simply do more things and try to fit more in. If this sounds familiar then you might want to read on.....?   My name is Louise Carter and I help women to set goals for themself and more importantly STICK  to them.    I am lucky enough to meet many wonderful women every day and they all have oodles of talent and potential.   They are all successful in their own right as mothers, partners, lovers, career women, friends etc and every one of them has a goal, which is why they come to me. It is   The goals are things they are passionate about that they know will make a difference...

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