Tue 050110: Don't cry!!!

... just set realistic goals! Then get about making them happen.

He's the first stage, its a model or idea I've borrowed from Dr.Richard Bolstad.

Setting Effective Goals and Outcomes –

SPECIFY Model

1. Sensory Specific

See – Hear –Feel and by what date?

2. Positive Language

What you want…. Not what you don’t want. Pink Elephants

3. Ecological

· What will I gain from having my goal or outcome? What will I lose?

· If there are things you’ll regret losing ask yourself “ How can I create new ways to keep what is important to me AND reach my goal?”

· What situations would you like your outcome in?

· Are there situations you don’t want your outcome in?

4. Choice Increases

How can this outcome increase my life choices?

5. Initiated by Self

What do you personally need to achieve this?

6. First Step identified

What first small step can I take in the next 24 hours?

7. Your Resources Identified

External – time – money – specific people to support you

Internal – Feelings which support your goal being achieved

Confidence/ passion/ excitement or security?