Shape Your Success

Rarely do people walk down a simple, straight path to our goals. To help myself keep to the straight and easy, I’ve been using a version the G.R.I.N. model. This model helps overcome procrastination and keeps my feet moving along the detours to my vision.

G is for Goal - What do you want? Stop. What do you REALLY want? What would be even better than that? Imagine that you’ve already got it – what are you seeing, hearing, and feeling? Bring as many senses into it as you can.

R is for Reality – Where are you in relation to your goal? What resources do you have? Who can you ask for help? What have you accomplished or tried so far? What have the results been?

I.N. is for Identify Next Steps – What’s the very next action you can take NOW (not next week or next month). What can you do NOW to bridge the gap from where you are to where you want to be?

A nice thing about the G.R.I.N. method is that you can drive your success with any goal and at anytime. Your state of mind doesn’t matter, nor do your circumstances. Why is this?

a. You can always have a goal

b. There will always be a current reality

c. There is always a next step

This Week’s Experiment:

Pick 3 goals and run them through the G.R.I.N model then ask yourself:

• What do I want?
• Where am I in relation to that?
• What’s the very next action(s) I can take NOW in the direction of my goal?

Take those actions, notice what results you’re producing, and keep shaping your success.

Let us know how you do.