THREE SIMPLE STEPS to living life on your terms Part 1

 
“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.”

Wow!
Can we talk about this quote from author Ben Stein? 

It’s nothing less than a road map to the perfect life . . . 
an action plan for a life filled with amazingness. 

And all you have to do is . . .
Decide what you want.

But how easy is that, really? 

The truth is, we live in some crazy times. 
In fact, while tons of new stressors recently dropped into our lives, most people already had imbalances that kept stress at an all-time high. 

You know what I mean:

Fitness: Excess weight? Poor nutrition? Minimal exercise?

Finance: Crushing debt?  Too much month left after the money is gone? No retirement plan? 

Family: Differing opinions causing turmoil? Marriage on life support? Kids out of control?

Field: Career stress? Job loss? Low pay or no benefits? Unfulfilled?

Faith: Feeling disconnected and shaken?

Friends: Toxic friends that create chaos? No mentors?

Fun: No vacations, adventures, parties, or fun in years?

If you’ve been following my posts, you know that I am passionate about equipping, empowering, and supporting my clients in getting what they want in the 7 major areas of your life. 

It’s something I learned from Dr. Dave Braun and Dr. Troy Amdahl—The Oola Guys—who teach how to find balance in our unbalanced world.

As an Oola Certified Life Coach, I help clients address what’s not working in each of the 7 areas. 
Then we go to work correcting those stressors and bringing about the lifestyle, relationships and financial security they need to be happy, balanced and growing.

So what could living the Oola life look like for you?

Stay tuned...
My next post will outline some tips that will help give you clarity. 

Of course, I’d love to help you beyond just useful tips. 
In fact, lifestyle decisions and personal growth are two of the best reasons to work with a life coach. 

Without family pressure, opinions, or judgment, we can look at what YOU really want and how you might improve, grow, learn, or transition—safely and sensibly—into a situation that’s far better than the one you’re in now.

Schedule your complimentary strategy call today. Let's talk more about how coaching works.
 
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You were created for greatness.  Let's go get that outstanding life for you. 
 



  

THE 4-STAR FORMULA for achieving anything you want. Part 2


Most of us have dreams. 
They help us visualize the perfect life complete with the kind of people, things, and accomplishments we want to have. 

Dreams are huge, exciting and free of fear, self-doubt, and other limiting beliefs. 

If I knew it would really happen, we think, what would I want in my life? 

Dreams don’t require you to know the “how”—they only require you to know the “what.”

Unfortunately, when it comes to bringing those dreams to reality, most people confuse dreams with goals. 

Goals are the milestones—the little steps you need to complete on the way to achieving your dreams. 
Goals are action steps - planned - then accomplished. 
They’re the stuff you have to do—day by day—to get to your dream lifestyle.

So how can you establish achievable goals that lead to your dream lifestyle? 

Here is a four-step formula for getting from where you are to where you want to be:

1.  Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals. 
In 1981, George Doran wrote in Management Review magazine , “There's a S.M.A.R.T. way to write goals and objectives,” and listed the characteristics your goals should include. 

The “S.M.A.R.T” template has had various modifications over the years, depending on the environment where goals are being set. 

In Oola, this is how a S.M.A.R.T. goal is defined:

Specific—The goal should contain actual numbers, amounts, sizes, or other well-defined terms you want to reach. 

Measurable—When your goal includes the specifics above, you can actually measure whether you’re close to achieving it or still far away—plus keep score and track your progress. 

Accountable—Find someone (or a support team) who loves and supports you and who will keep you accountable to the goals you have set for your life. 

Realistic—Where dreams often feel unrealistic, goals should be doable with the resources, knowledge, time, and money you have available—or those you could acquire by investigating, learning, collaborating with others, or other ways to grow personally and reach your goal.

Time-Based—The goal must include a date and time by which you’ll achieve the objective. Be sure to give yourself enough time to realistically achieve it.

2.  Break down your goal into smaller achievable steps. 
In the busyness of this unbalanced world, it’s easy for your goals to get lost in the clutter of day-to-day life or seem so large that you never tackle them. 
One way to make sure they stay top priority is to break down each of your goals into achievable daily action steps—such as walking two miles a day, getting your website done, and so on.

3.  Ask for help. 
No one can know everything about accomplishing a specific goal—especially if you’re just starting out. Luckily, there are people who have already done what you want to do (or something similar). 
Why not seek them out and get advice for a goal you want to achieve? 

4.  Stay accountable. 
Approach someone you trust and check in with them on a regular basis about your progress. 
Choose someone who won’t judge, but who will firmly hold you accountable for taking appropriate steps to reach your goal. 
Schedule regular meetups or calls. 
When you know you have to report in on Thursday morning, you’ll be motivated to finish each week’s steps by Wednesday night.

Of course, setting goals and breaking them down into smaller steps is only a part of the process of creating balance in your life and getting to where you want to be. 
If you think working with a coach to keep you on track and accountable for results is something that would get you to a balanced life faster, I’m here to help.

Schedule your complimentary strategy call to speak directly with me and learn more about the 10-week program that I deliver for clients who want more balance, less stress, and more happiness in their lives. 

It’s a proven, powerful framework based on the international bestselling book, Oola: Find Balance in an Unbalanced World, by The Oola Guys, Dave Braun and Troy Amdahl. 

Over just 10 weeks, with the Oola Guys as your instructors and mentors, you and I will work on every major area of your life including finances, fitness, family, field (career), faith, friends and fun. 

Together we’ll face what’s not working for you now and create a workable plan for lowering your stress, creating life balance, having more fun, and pursuing major life goals that are important to you. 

Ready to get your own Oola life? 

Contact me and let’s get started.

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Don't settle for ordinary when extraordinary is within you. 
 






THE 4-STAR FORMULA for achieving anything you want. Part 1

 
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.” 

I love this quote by George Bernard Shaw. 

If you’ve been thinking, “I want a life that I love,” isn't it time to decide what that life looks like?

Isn't it time to set goals that will help create that life—then plan 3-5 daily tasks that will help you achieve those goals?

In fact, goalsetting is the only way to create the extraordinary life that’s waiting for you.

One goalsetting strategy I learned from human-potential experts Dave Braun and Troy Amdahl—authors of Oola: Find Balance in an Unbalanced World—is to narrow your list of goals to the ONE that will literally transform your entire life once you achieve it. 

Just ONE goal could:

• Upgrade the network of people you hang out with to a team that lifts you up and has your back
• Reverse your health challenges and give you energy you’re currently lacking
• Lower your financial stress and fund your retirement so you can breathe easier now
• Pursue a new career or calling that you’re passionate about and truly contributes to the world 
 
Listen…
The fact is that your dream life is waiting for you on the other side of your goals. 

As a Certified Oola Life Coach, I work with individuals to create goals that matter, then pursue them intentionally and efficiently until they’re achieved. 

In fact, the powerful, proven Oola TRANSFORM Coaching Program takes just 10 weeks and is designed to bring about life-changing and lasting results in your life.

To talk about what you’d like to accomplish in every area, schedule your complimentary strategy call with me and we can have a chat about it. 
 
 Meanwhile, here are some other resources that you may want to check out:
 
 Then, join me next time for a list of 4 specific tips that will help you achieve the dream life that you want through the simple art of goalsetting- tips that will help bring those dreams into reality.

Hint: Tip #1 tells you how to be S.M.A.R.T about it. 😉

 
Don't settle for ordinary when extraordinary is within you. 
 







GRATITUDE. Attract success and anticipate more to be grateful about.

 
For the past few weeks, I’ve been posting about simplifying, clarifying and amplifying your life. 

And, while there are lots of ways to achieve your goals, one of the easiest ways is also the most little-known to people: practicing gratitude.

Being grateful for what you already have helps you feel more abundant; while worrying about what you don’t have keeps you in a mindset of disappointment and lack.

Focusing on what’s good, what’s plentiful, or what’s improving in your world helps keep you in a state to receive even more of what’s good, plentiful, and improving. 

It’s like you’re saying, “This is all cool. Aaannd…what else is out there for me today?”

It keeps you in a state of anticipation.

Watch for big things to be grateful for, like a phone call that up-levels your career, or randomly discovering your dream house before it actually goes on the market. 

Also, look for little things, like finding a parking space near the entrance, or getting an unexpected refund check in the mail. 

You’ll soon see that opportunities are hidden in every encounter, and that “unexpected” new relationships, happy coincidences, little conveniences and other forms of “good” routinely show up to make your life easier or more enjoyable—all of which you can be grateful for in the moment they happen.

When you meet each new day with the expectation that something amazing is going to happen for you, it keeps you in a state of grateful anticipation—dreaming of what you will have, while also feeling gratitude in the present for what you do have.

Could you use more gratitude, less stress, and more balance in your life? 

Whether your goals are financial sanity, a more fulfilling career, a loving marriage, or something else, the unique Oola Transform Program that I deliver, together with bestselling authors and human-potential experts Dave Braun and Troy Amdahl, is designed to decrease your stress and overwhelm; and bring about the balance, growth and purpose that you desire. 
 
Schedule your complimentary discovery call today, to see if it’s right or you.
  
 Meanwhile, here are some other resources that you may want to check out:
 
You CAN achieve your best life with the Oola Lifestyle Framework. 
I would be honored to coach you through the program and help you get where you want (and deserve) to go.
 
 
Don't settle for ordinary when extraordinary is within you. 
 


INTEGRITY. Accelerate your success with reliability.

 
Integrity is who we are, even when no one else can see what we’re doing.
 
When we practice integrity, it allows for people to trust us. 
And following through on our commitments makes us reliable—including for new opportunities that come up.

I know you’re working hard on achieving goals for your life, and integrity will actually attract the open doors you need to move from small wins to even bigger wins.

When people see you as trustworthy, honest, transparent, and forthright about mistakes and setbacks, it creates a vibe and momentum around you that’s compelling. 

People want to be associated with those who actually do what they say they're going to do. 

Your integrity instills confidence. 

You become reliable, consistent, and worth investing in.

The thing is…

          The most important promises you’ll keep are with yourself. 

If you’re going to commit to a goal, honor it—just as you would honor your word to someone else.

Cut through the daily clutter, focus on what’s important, create a daily to-do list of tasks, and stay accountable for making progress.

As an Oola Certified Life Coach, that’s where I can help.

In fact, as your coach, my job is to help you turn your dreams into achievable goals—then provide accountability as you pursue those goals with intention and enthusiasm…one action step at a time. 

Together, we’ll focus on ways to reach career milestones, personal goals and lifestyle objectives. 
But most importantly, I’m here to hold you accountable for making progress in every major area of your life.
We’ll dive into all of the 7 F’s of Oola: Fitness, Finances, Family, Field (career), Faith, Friends, and Fun.

I invite you to schedule your complimentary discovery call today, so we can chat directly to see if the Oola Transform program is right for you or not.
  
 Meanwhile, here are some other resources that you may want to check out:
 
 You can achieve your best life with Oola Coaching. I would be privileged to work with you in getting there.

 
Don't settle for ordinary when extraordinary is within you. 
 


 
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