Get to your objective
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The document provides a guide for setting and achieving personal goals through a structured route map approach. It emphasizes the importance of clarifying goals, connecting ideas, identifying resources, and recognizing potential obstacles while encouraging users to engage with stakeholders. Additionally, it highlights the need for persistence and specific actions to realize one's dreams.
Get to your objective
- 1. © it-will-happen 2012 Map YourMap Your Route toRoute to SuccessSuccess
- 2. © it-will-happen 2010 What do you want? • Do you want to… – get to an important goal? – achieve something special? – make your dream come true? • We know how difficult it can be.. – What to focus on? – How to avoid distractions? – How to maintain energy and moral? • it-will-happen can help you
- 3. © it-will-happen 2010 Map the route to your goal • Scientific research shows that people who set clear goals achieve more • Visualising your goals is great.. – but there is more… • You can create a route map to your goal and then it-will-happen! • Follow this example .. • ..then create a route map for your own goal at it-will-happen.com
- 4. © it-will-happen 2010 What is your goal? • it-will-happen.com gives you a toolbox of key things you need to get to your Goal… • First, click on the ‘Goal’ button and put your goal into your route map
- 5. © it-will-happen 2010 I know my Goal!
- 6. © it-will-happen 2010 But I don’t know my Goal! • What if you are not sure about your Goal? • Click the Explore button at any time to get guidance, ideas and great coaching questions
- 7. © it-will-happen 2010 What do I care about? • One way of thinking about your Goals is to think about your Values… – What do you really care about? – What motivates you? • Put your Values on your map to remind yourself
- 8. © it-will-happen 2010 Making connections .. • A route map is more than just isolated boxes! • Your need to show how your ideas link together • For example: what you care about leads naturally to your Goals…
- 9. © it-will-happen 2010 How to make a connection.. 1. Click on any box you want to connect to another 2. A small arrow appears at the top left of the box 3. Drag and drop the arrow onto the box you want to connect to
- 10. © it-will-happen 2010 Who cares? • Its hard to achieve your goals on your own… • And sometimes your goals will effect other people • Put those other important people on your route map as ‘Stakeholders’ in your success • Remember to connect your ideas
- 11. © it-will-happen 2010 I don’t know where to start! • Think about your Strategy for success • If you have some ideas .. put them on your map • If not, then look for our other resources on it-will-happen.com to help you build your strategy
- 12. © it-will-happen 2010 What could help you? • Think creatively about what could help you .. Look for your ‘Enablers’: – A skill, talent, some experience or knowledge – Something you already have or somebody you know
- 13. © it-will-happen 2010 It’s not always easy … • Let’s be realistic…sometimes things are going to get in your way or slow you down • Put those on your map as obstacles to be avoided or overcome
- 14. © it-will-happen 2010 Do you know Judo? • Barriers can make you feel down-hearted and sap you of energy… • But you can use them to your advantage! • Overcoming Barriers can make you stronger • There are many stories of people who turned ‘insurmountable’ Barriers to their advantage • The Judo expert uses the strength of the opponent to triumph
- 15. © it-will-happen 2010 Great oak trees from little acorns.. • You may have one, big, great Goal • But are there are some smaller Goals along the way? • Things you can achieve and be proud of? • Put them on your route map to success
- 16. © it-will-happen 2010 You need to do stuff! • To meet your Goals you will need to take some actions…what are they? • They take you directly towards your Goal, or maybe overcome a barrier
- 17. © it-will-happen 2010 Be Specific • To get really committed to taking some Action be specific about time • ..and whilst we are at it, let’s include the Output from your Action Within 2 weeks!
- 18. © it-will-happen 2010 What Resources do you need to complete your action? • Once you have an idea about an Action and its Outputs .. • .. you can start to think about what Resources you need to get it done
- 19. © it-will-happen 2010 What could go wrong? • But let’s be realistic .. things can go wrong • So let’s spend some time thinking about the Risks and how to avoid them
- 20. © it-will-happen 2010 Avoiding the Risks • We can take some Action to help us avoid the Risks
- 21. © it-will-happen 2010 Make an Impact! • Why does the Action matter? • What will be different after it is done? • What are the Impacts of your Actions?
- 22. © it-will-happen 2010 What were you thinking? • Sometimes you are going to need to explain your route map.. • You need to include the Ideas that help make sense of your map
- 23. © it-will-happen 2010 You’re not the only one who cares! • Remember, your Stakeholders care about things as well • You need to match their Values if you want them to help you • Understanding your stakeholder Values will help you influence and persuade them .. • .. and build commitment to your vision of the future
- 24. © it-will-happen 2010 “It’s the thought that counts” • It isn’t of course…Actions count! • If people are important to you then you need to do some things to show them its true • You can’t expect people to commit to your goals unless you are showing your commitment to theirs
- 25. © it-will-happen 2010 Think it through • To build a great route map to success you need to think things through • What are the Ideas behind your actions? • What Impacts do you expect your Actions to have?
- 26. © it-will-happen 2010 My route map to success
- 27. © it-will-happen 2010 What is the route map to your goal? • This example shows the route map to our goal… • .. But what is your route map? • You can reach your goal .. • You can get to your dream .. • You can start on your journey today by mapping out your route • Picture it and it-will-happen.com
- 28. © it-will-happen 2012 it-will-happenTM Your Route-map to Success www.it-will-happen.com