Last week we learned about the roadblocks we are likely to run into when working to achieve our goals, mainly the internal ones.
This week, we are going to discuss how we can assess these roadblocks - how we can bring them out into the light and show them for the pebbles that they really are so we can kick them aside as we travel down the path to achieving our goals.
In business, when we are going through the process of studying the potentials of a new project, we create something called a Risk Register. Basically, we determine/define the following:
A description of the risk/roadblock.
The impact should this event/item actually occur.
The actual probability of its occurrence.
We then give each impact and each probability a ranking from Low to High on a 1-3 or a 1-5 scale, Low being 1 and High being 3 or 5 - the rankings are either Low, Medium, High or Low, Somewhat Low, Medium, Somewhat Medium, High.
By multiplying the impact by its probability, we come up with its Occurrence Risk Score, which shows us where we should focus our attention.
We then determine the planned response should the event/item actually occur and the mitigation - the actions we can take in advance to reduce the probability and/or impact of the risk/roadblock.
To see an example of how this lays out, please see this Wikipedia article on planning a birthday party.
Basically we are taking the time to determine the following:
What's the worst that can happen?
What's the best that can happen?
What's most likely to happen?
Why or why not?
Okay, so X happens - what do you do, how do you move forward?
Then, we make the plan, work the plan, and adjust the plan as we work toward our goals.
As the soft cocoon becomes a hardened chrysalis from which emerges a beautiful butterfly, these methods will help you move your dreams through goals into reality.
So, over the last seven weeks, we have covered a lot of material, focusing mainly on the internal items we all need to deal with in order to move forward to achieving our goals. We've discussed reseting, whether at the beginning of a new year, a new season, or a new chapter of life. We've also discussed personal prose and the importance of paying attention to how we address ourselves. We talked about the Circle of Perception and worked through looking at the six areas of our lives. We worked through determining our central values, talked about aligning our goals with these values, and working through the process of asking the five whys to get to our core values. We discovered the power in Manifesting our goals instead of just Visioning them. And most recently, we've discussed how to identify and assess the potential risks and roadblocks to achieving our goals.
As of the time of this post, I haven't determined the topic of next week's entry. If you have any topics you would like to see covered in this blog - remembering that the purpose to to MaxIMIze ourselves and MaXIMIze our lives - please let me know.
A couple of the topics I will be covering in future posts (just not scheduled yet) are:
Checking on your progress toward your goals - and perhaps realigning/readjusting the path.
What to do when you fall off the wagon (something we all do...).
I know others will come...and I'd love your feedback and input!
Until next, week - Namaste!
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