Clarify Your Vision and Set Long-Term Goals | Goal Setting Tips

Enhanced Goal Setting and Achievement Prompt for Life Coaching Professionals

Introduction: Life coaching often thrives on helping clients achieve their long-term goals. This prompt aims to guide professionals in assisting clients to clarify their vision and set meaningful long-term objectives. By providing a structured, detailed approach, we ensure that clients not only set goals but also track their progress effectively.

1. Clarity and Reflection:

• Objective: Encourage clients to reflect on their values, passions, and priorities to gain a clear understanding of their true aspirations.

• Deliverable: Post-Reflection Checklist:

  • Identify and list five core values or principles that guide the client's decisions.
  • Reflect on five significant life events or lessons experienced in the past 10 years.
  • Journalize three pivotal moments in the client's life that influenced their direction.

2. SMART Goals:

• Objective: Help clients set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound goals.
• Deliverable: Goal Setting Exercise:
  1. Specific: Define a percentage increase in fitness levels (e.g., 20% greater strength).
  2. Achievable: Outline actionable steps (e.g., daily workouts, nutritional tracking).
  3. Practical: Establish a timeline and milestones (e.g., achieve fitness goal by four weeks).
  4. Realistic: Ensure goals are grounded in client circumstances.
  5. Time-bound: Assign a clear deadline (e.g., monthly check-in meeting).

3. Actionable Steps:

• Objective: Provide methods to translate vision into reality.
• Deliverable: Action Plan for Coaching:
  1. Conduct a monthly check-in meeting to track progress against goals.
  2. Implement daily goal-setting techniques (e.g., write down one priority task each morning).
  3. Use positive reinforcement to maintain motivation (e.g., celebrate small achievements).

4. Pre & Post Goal Assessment:

• Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of the goal-setting process.
• Deliverable: Assessment Report:
  1. Pre-Assessment Metric