Goal-setting on a timeline

January 30, 2013

Presented by Caroline Thay

What do you want to get out of

the meetup today?

What is your biggest problem

related to goal-setting?

John GrinderRichard Bandler

Cocreators of NLP

Well-formed outcome =

NLP version of goal setting

Get clarity to help program your brain for success

Identify the present state

• What is the problem?

• How do you know this is a problem?

• How do you know how, when, where and

with whom to have it?

Identify the present problem

• What stops you from changing?

• What hidden benefit do you get from this

behavior?

Identify the present problem

• How does this limit you?

• What would happen in 10 years if you

keep this problem?

“When you know what you want, and

want it bad enough, you will find a

way to get it.” Jim Rohn

S.M.A.R.T. goals

• S

• M

• A

• R

• T

pecific

easurable

ttainable

esult-oriented

ime-bound

Write down your goals.

Identify the well-formed outcome

• What do you want specifically?

– Stated in the positive

– Needs to be within your control

– Appropriate chunk size

• How will you know when you have it?

• What will you see, hear and feel?

Identify the well-formed outcome

• How will that affect family, friends, job,

health, your feelings and overall situation?

• What else will improve?

• What will that get for you or allow you to

do?

Identify the well-formed outcome

• Is it worth the effort it will take to get there?

• What prevents you from having this

outcome right now?

Identify the well-formed outcome

• What resources do you have and what

resources do you need to reach your

outcome?

• Have you done something similiar before?

Do you know anyone who has?

• What would happen if you act as if you had

already achieved your goal?

Identify the well-formed outcome

• How are you going to get there? Is there

more than one way to reach your goal?

• What is the first step you can take?

What is one of your

long-term goals?

Demo

Goal setting on a timeline

Recap

• Know where you are.

• Identify where you want to go.

• Make sure your goals follow the S.M.A.R.T.

formula.

• Write them down.

• Check ecology.

Recap

• Outcome should increase choice.

• Get enough leverage for change and action.

• Visualize your outcomes.

• Use all your senses to make them real.

• Take action.

• Check milestones and progress.

How can you use what you

have learned today?

Questions

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if youhave questions:

caroline@synergyinsights.com

To go more in depth and experience the well-formed outcome, attend an NLP

training in Paris and get licensed with the Society of NLP:

http://www.synergyinsights.com

“Emptiness is a symptom that you are

not living creatively.

You either have no goal that is

important enough to you,

or you are not using your talents and

efforts in a striving toward an

important goal.”

Famous Unknown Author

Thank you!