MaXIMIze - Working on That Swing - Developing Your Follow-Through

Follow-through - goes right along with the previous post about falling off the wagon. We need to develop ways to keep that light that is our goals firmly in front of us and to keep trekking down the path to that light one step at a time.

In my coaching practice, one of the tools I develop for my clients is a vision statement - a written and oral focused compilation of what the client's future will look, smell, taste, sound, and feel like when his or her best life is being lived.

Here is the vision statement I developed for myself as part of my training program:

"Beth, as you awake to feel the arms of your life partner enveloping you, you are aware of and amazed by how far you have come over the last year or so because you developed all the skills, talents and tools that you need to easily achieve the goals you have chosen for yourself…your confidence and belief in yourself increased as you grew, banishing the persistent procrastination and enabling you to show your true gifts in the area of financial well-being and coaching acumen. As you stretch and run your mind over your client list for the day, you realize that you easily create the life you want because you have a clear vision of what you want to be and have and work positively and diligently toward those goals with confidence and self-assurance, grounded in your knowledge base and secure in your relationships with others in your life, both personal and professional. As you get ready for your work day, you look forward to working with your clients to coach them to bring into their lives the success you’ve brought into yours. Your ability to see the big picture as well as handle the devilish details has increased exponentially as you incorporated more regular exercise and more healthy eating habits into your daily routine. Your debt load is minimal and you are checking things off your bucket list (and sometimes adding to it!). Your commitment to do the work necessary in all these areas and your extraordinary follow-through has led to a greater sense of well-being and peace in your life overall. Life is good!"

I listen to this at least once a week, more often if needed, to keep my focus on what living my best life means to me - and to keep that light in front of me.

To use a baseball analogy, this is my way of keeping my eye on the ball and watching the bat I'm swinging connect with the ball and knock it out of the park.

If we keep our eyes on the prize, on achieving our goals in life, and continue down the path toward those goals - that prize - our follow-through will develop naturally.

There is a line from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - the Claymation version from the 1960's - that goes along the lines of, "Put one foot in front of the other, and soon you'll be walking 'cross the floor." Follow-through is simply the act of continuing to put one foot in front of the other and walking down the path to our best life now.

Next week, we'll discuss walking through fear. Until then, namaste!