Some people think of goal setting as a dry, boring experience.
Best Year Coaching is anything but that! My experience of the goal-setting process is that it is enlivening and exciting for my coaching clients to put down on computer what is (sometimes secretly) in the heart.
Often there is surprise when, through our 3-Hour coaching session, someone discovers a goal that has been hidden even from themselves for years and years. It is fun for me to tease out the Oh My God Yes goals (whether they be business/career or personal goals) and bring them out in the light of day for us to really look at and pay attention to them.
I recently did a 3-Hour ‘Create Your Best Year Coaching’ Session with Pamela Batson:
Pam is a business owner living in Illinois and she came equipped with the goal of (perhaps) relocating to another state in 2013 as well as numerous other big and little goals. We also discovered some personal and work goals that she secretly desired but hadn’t yet clarified until doing her Best Year Coaching session.
It was exciting to have her goals unfold in a clear and powerful way and to see which goals most wanted to be on her Best Year Yet plan. Through our session she realized she wanted to move much sooner than she’d originally thought. Creating a definite plan in order for her move as quickly as possible (by the first quarter of 2013) was exciting for us both!
After our 3-hour session I asked Pam (see her picture below) some questions about what the session was like for her. She gave me permission to use her answers:
Kristin: What inspired you to want to create your best year?
Pam: I’m making some big changes, including a move, so I wanted to set a powerful plan into action. You’ve helped me before, so I knew that you would be able to help me set my goals into motion and build up my business in my new place of residence.
Kristin: Describe your experience of what it was like to create your best year plan with me.
Pam: It was powerful. I didn’t think it would take the whole 3 hours to go through the questions, but you were very thorough with me and helpful in working with me to set specific, attainable goals.
Kristin: Were there things that surprised you when you created your Best Year Plan?
Pam: I was surprised at how much of a difference it made to get specific with income amounts, time frames, etc.
Kristin: What would you say to others who were thinking of creating their Best Year Plan but hadn’t yet taken the leap?
Pam: I would say that it’s important to make the investment in their future and to have someone to be accountable to. There is something special about having all of the goals in writing rather than just having the idea in your head.
Kristin: Anything else you’d like to share about the process or your reflections after you did your Best Year Plan?
Pam: I have a renewed sense of motivation. I am confident that I will be able to make a smooth transition and build up my business again in North Carolina, making 2013 my best year yet!