5 Steps to Action 
“Just do it” say the marketeers at Nike.
“Do what?” you ask. Good question.
Many of our business, NLP and retreat clients come to us asking exactly the same thing; “What should I do”?
Defining what you want in life, in your career and in your relationships is a key first step on the journey to success - whatever that means for you (and it is about you, after all!). Knowing what you want opens up a world of possibilities; not of what you should do, but what you could do - the options are endless. The key is translating the could do into a will do and then, you guessed, it, just doing it!
So, pick an area of your life where you’ve been wondering what you “should” do. Grab a piece of paper or your journal and a pen.
1. Write your goal, in the centre of the page in positive terms, for example; instead of writing ”I want to lose 10 pounds” which focuses on loss, and is perceived by the unconscious as being negatively framed, you might write “I want to weigh XYZ (insert your goal weight)” - you’re focussing on the positive, which is always a good thing, isn’t it?
2. Ask yourself the question: “What will this get for me or enable me to do?”. Write your answers above your goal, from the top of the page downwards. As you write each response, keep asking yourself “What else, what else, what else?”. By now, you’ll have a list of wonderful motivating outcomes that acheiving this goal will get for you or enable you to have. For example; I’ll be healthier, be able to fit into a fabulous new outfit, I’ll have more energy.
3. Read over your list of the outcomes that acheiving your goal will bring and visualise yourself having acheived this goal; see yourself healthier, wearing that great outfit and full of beans; see what you’ll see, feel what you’ll feel and hear what you’ll hear when you’ve reached your goal.
4. Now, underneath your goal, at the bottom of the page, write the responses to the following questions ”What could I do to achieve this goal”? “What else”? “What else”? ”What else”? and so on , until you have generated a whole list of options, a list of ways in which you can acheive your goal. Ask yourself “Is there anyone who has done this before, and what did they do?” Again, write down your responses.
5. Select the 3 things (or more!) that you will do. Circle them, add a date beside them and commit to taking that next step. Focus all the while on the outcomes you’ve identified for yourself at the top of the page. Use these to keep you motivated towards achieving your goal. Because you will.
We really love hearing about your achievements and successes! Email lara@somersault-consulting.com so we can share them with others.