At its core coaching is all about a coach helping and encouraging a client to reach their own goals – ones uncovered and developed by the client. At Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio that is exactly what is pursued. A well-known goal setting model is at the center of goal setting, although different variations are leveraged depending on individual circumstances. This popular goal setting model is referred to as “SMART.” It is an acronym which stands for establishing goals where their is clarity and allows for the best opportunity for it to be realized. The acronym breakdown is as follows: S – specific where a client is able to state clearly the direction in which they are going. M – measurable, providing a way to measure progress and quantify objectively the improvement. A is called out as achievable or attainable, do a check to ensure this goal is within the client’s capabilities and there are no dependencies or potential impediments regarding others. R – is where the client ensures the goal is relevent; in other words is this a priority in the client’s life and are they willing to focus on this as highly important. And, finally T is for time-specific where a clear deadline is set for starting and reaching the client’s goal.
At Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio it is essential goals are set in order to ensure coach and client stay on track and move forward, ensuring the coaching journey is a productive one. The coach facilitates the discussion around setting solid SMART goals and establishes with the client defined outcomes. The coach supports and encourages a client to ensure they are taking the actions which incrementally move them toward that goal. The established goal is a focus point and provides guardrails for the coaching sessions to ensure client is making progress and any impediments are addressed effectively so progress continues. Having a clear and concise goal, following the SMART principles, allows for energy to be truly focused on achieving what matters most for the client.
At Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio there is also additional tools available to develop goals should a client be struggling to articulate the desired outcomes they seek in their lives. Sometimes a client knows they want things to change and improve yet they are unable to put what they want, where they want to go into words. Visualization is one tool which might provide an avenue where a client’s goal becomes more clear. Inquiring a client to describe what a client sees their life looking like when they achieve their goal is one approach which might produce more clarity. There are variations of this question, but it essentially is a way to have the client think beyond their current reality and envision what life could look like if it were more aligned with their true and deepest desires. It is not uncommon for this picture to evolve for a client. The Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio approach is to honor the client and to support this refinement in direction should this be the client’s choice. However, the coach will continue to hold the client accountable through concrete, measurable action steps toward the goals they have set for themselves. Of course, the Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio mindset is to consistently recognize and celebrate progress and ultimate achievement of a goal.
An important tenant emphasized at Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio might best be exemplified by the famous painter, Pablo Picasso who said, “Action is the foundational key to all success.” Even though this was shared many decades ago, it is true today as it was then. Although the coach serves as an encourager, guide, change agent, the client must be personally motivated and accountable to their own goals. They must take action toward these, or coaching is simply an expensive substitute for coffee with a friend or the like. It is well-established that goals serve to provide a psychological focus. It is essential, however, that a client comes to the table with the motivation and discipline to go after the goals which are set. Of course, as noted previously, course correction might be in order, but it is incumbent upon the client to take action toward their goals. It is not the responsibility of the coach although the coach might serve as a point of accountability. At Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio the concept of action is reinforced in the coaching journey. Clients must overcome any barrier to taking action. A coach can help a client work through any challenges in this area and perhaps uncover what is potentially holding the client back. Often, taking that first action step is the hardest but most successful people will confirm – it might be scary to take a risk, to take that first step, but it is often overcoming whatever was holding one back and taking that initial action step which initiated a highly successful life journey.
So, at Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio clients will get the support needed to uncover what matters most to them, build out effective goals, adjust as necessary, take the incremental actions necessary to accomplish the goals which they have set. When facing challenges finding clarity around personal goals, Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio is able to assist a client to build goals leveraging alternative tools such as those which include visualization. And ultimately, it will be the client who must dig deep down inside and determine whether they will take the actions necessary to achieve their goals. A coach will be one of their strongest advocates, but they cannot take the action for the client. On this coaching journey, a client will learn what they are made of and whether this goal they have set is priority for them. If it is a priority, it is expected that they will see progress as they commit and focus on their goals and make concrete progress toward the same.