From Corporate Dream to Entrepreneur Reality: How Journaling and Coaching Can Help You Achieve Your Goals
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For as long as I have worked in corporate America, a journey I have truly loved for decades, I have envisioned running my own business. I imagined collaborating with amazing colleagues, brainstorming and working together on various strategic projects in a vibrant, open office environment, pets at our feet, hashing out creative differences, and making a real impact on the leaders and businesses we partnered with. Suddenly, my dream of starting my own business has become a reality.
Obviously, this was a long road, and the vision isn’t exactly as I imagined it. I’m starting as a solopreneur, although I have plenty of partnerships and shared projects as well. We’re collaborating virtually instead of in person. Pets are definitely at our feet (or on our keyboards in some cases). I hadn’t envisioned being able to work globally with such ease, which is a delightful surprise. What’s important here is not just my story, but rather my journey to get here and the questions I asked myself along the way to help bring one of my biggest dreams to fruition.
I can’t attribute it to just one action, but along with working with various coaches over the last 12 years, I credit a regular journaling practice of Looking Back and Dreaming Forward.
LOOK BACK
What am I most proud of?
What did I enjoy the most?
What regrets do I have?
What lessons did I learn?
DREAM FORWARD
What do I want to spend more time doing?
What do I need to stop doing?
What do I long for?
What is my new intention or dream?
LOCK IT IN
What will I commit to doing to move toward my new intention or dream?
What specific actions will I take, and by when?
What do I need to hold myself accountable?
What help do I need?
I invite you to consider how hiring a coach could help you refine your goals, identify effective action steps, and hold you accountable to moving forward. By regularly reflecting and planning, you can turn your dreams into reality just as I did.
Thanks for stopping by. We hope you found at least one little nugget you are taking away with you. What will you do to bring it into full living color?
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