July 2

Working Towards The Wrong Goals

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wrong directionI worked in the corporate world for a long time before I decided to start my own business.  At the outset of my career I had set some specific goals for myself.  It turns out that these goals were the wrong goals but I kept working towards them anyway.

One of the goals that I set was centered around moving up the corporate ladder and to get there by a certain age.  The great thing about setting goals is that when we  set them and use consistent action towards achieving them, we usually come out on top even faster than we planned.  This is what happened to me.

Unfortunately, from the start I really didn’t enjoy what I was doing.  I was operating under the premise that I just needed to move up and then I would start to enjoy my career.  The exact opposite happened.  Every move up was a higher degree of misery and more of a feeling of being trapped. Trapped by having a family that depended on me and other people’s expectations including my own.  In addition to that, I spent less time with my family and had less enjoyment in my personal life

What I needed was some accountability and to spend some time reviewing my goals to see where I was at.  I knew that my goals were the wrong goals but didn’t have a better plan in place so I kept working on what I knew.  This allowed me to get more and more trapped into a lifestyle and career that I didn’t want.

Has this happened to you?  How often have we worked towards a goal even though we knew it was the wrong one?  This is where having some accountability measures in place can help us not waste time and effort on goals that don’t fit with where we want to be.

Having a coach can be very helpful in knowing when to kick us in a different direction when we are not being true to ourselves.  Setting aside time to review where we are at with goals is one way we can hold ourselves accountable and keep us on track.

What are some ways that you use to keep yourself on track?  When have you been guilty or working towards a goal that you knew was wrong?  Are you doing this now?

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