5 Reasons You Aren't Reaching Your Goals

Through my work with high performing women, I’ve noticed a common problem in achieving their ideal goals and ideal life.  The problem is not lack of drive or motivation.  The problem is not ability or skill.  The problem is not a lack of ideas or creativity. 

On the contrary, high performing women have tons of drive, motivation, ability, skills, ideas, and creativity.  But the problem is the overwhelm and stress they find themselves in due to their high-performance standards. I understand this stress and never-ending drive for perfection, but often getting derailed by distraction.  That’s why I created the Momentum90 Plan, to zero in on only the major projects that matter that will take you directly to your goals.  This cuts out the clutter of those things you think you should be doing, and gives you a laser focus only on the things that do. 

While developing the Momentum90 Plan, I studied high performing individuals and learned the major areas that were lacking in goal production.  Any one of these areas can trip us up, rendering our performance lack luster, chaotic, or less than our best.  As we walk through these, take note of any that resonate with you that have been holding you back.

Reasons You Aren’t Reaching Your Goals:

1)     No written goals.  People who try to wing it with their goals will only go so far.  A certain level of achievement can definitely be reached without clear aim.  However, the most successful people, have a clear vision of where they want to go, and they write it down.  That way, when distractions pop up, as they always do, you can more quickly and easily get back to the momentum tasks that will drive you towards accomplishing your goals.

2)     No Daily, Weekly Action Plans.  Some people write down their goals, but then they fail to make the incremental action plan necessary to get to those goals.  This happens often with new year’s resolutions.  They sound great on January 1, but with no action plan of how to get there, most people get overwhelmed and discouraged, and ultimately quit.

3)     No action taken.  Even the best laid action plan will fall short if you never act!  I am famous for this.  I love strategic brainstorming and planning.  It’s a strength.  But I love to plan ad infinitum.  The plan will look perfect when I am done with it, but I won’t have accomplished anything, because I never put the plan into action.  In my business, I’ve always surrounded myself with people who encourage me to act on the good ideas formed in the strategic planning phase. 

4)     No accountability.  Often this is where most people get tripped up.  High performers can achieve much on their own, and sometimes it feels easier to go it alone.  However, when times get really tough, when goals get uncomfortable, it is imperative to have someone who will hold you accountable and help keep you on track.

5)     Overwhelm.  You’re a high performer, so you have lots of ideas and energy.  But chasing after each idea without completing the projects on the board, just leads to chaos and ultimately burnout.  In the Momentum90 Plan, I teach the best way to deal with these ideas is to create a list of “Great Ideas for the Momentum90 Plan”.  This means you can still do those things, but they will just need to wait for the next quarter to make your project list.  You will achieve less stress and overwhelm with this one easy habit implementation.

So which goal blocker resonates most with you?  Look at everything on your project and goal list.  Which category do you fall into right now?  We will all be in one of these categories at one time or another.  The key is to identify where you are stuck and get the help you need to move through so you can keep on crushing those goals.

If you would like to surround yourself with a group of high performing women to hold you accountable, check out a Momentum Mastermind Group.  We are launching new groups this now!  

Why I Mastermind and Why You Should Too

I started an official mastermind group 4 years ago.  But I’ve actually been part of mastermind groups long before that.  You probably have been too.  You see, mastermind groups can be just two people brainstorming together over a shared problem or obstacle. Napoleon Hill is credited for coining the phrase mastermind when he researched over 200 successful men in the early 1900’s. 

What he was looking for was common ground.  If I were Mr. Hill, I can imagine the list of questions I would be armed with if I had the opportunity to sit down with the likes of a Rockefeller or Vanderbilt. 

To what do you attribute your success?  What were your parents like?  Did they make you study all day?  What helped you succeed even in the face of setbacks and challenges?  Did you come from an affluent background?  The best prep schools?  Are you an extrovert?  Where did you get your entrepreneurial spirit?

But what I would discover after this barrage of questions is what Mr. Hill discovered.  The common ground came not from backgrounds or pedigrees, but in the power of the mind.  More specifically, the power of the master minds. 

Each of these successful people attributed their success to surrounding themselves with people, often in the form of a board, that helped them strategize, see new perspectives, and overcome obstacles in ways they couldn’t see on their own. 

So, what can you expect from a mastermind?  Here are 4 main outcomes I’ve experienced from participating in a mastermind group in the past 4 years. 

1.      Mastermind groups have helped me gain clarity.  While assembled with a group of other high-level thinkers, I’ve been able to talk through opportunities and ideas I’ve encountered.  Through these sessions, I’ve been able to hone in on my purpose in life and how I can best use my strengths to fulfill that purpose. 

2.      Mastermind groups helped me increase my income.  Often, we’re unwilling or unable to see the value we bring to the marketplace.  When successful people confirm your worth and show you how to put a dollar figure on that, the sky is the limit on what you can earn.

3.      Mastermind groups helped me see my worth after being fired.  Losing my job equaled losing my identity.  Through my groups I realized this was just another stepping stone on my path to where I ultimately was supposed to go anyway.  It would have taken me much longer to rebound from that gut check had I not had the support and encouragement of my group.

4.      Mastermind groups helped me reach for my dreams.  Have you ever had an idea or dream, but are too afraid to pursue it?  Or didn’t even know where to start?  Yeah, me too.  But when you bring these ideas to a group of go-getters, they’ll tell you all the reasons why it will work instead of letting you camp on all the things that could go wrong.  A group of successful people will have ideas on where to start, networks to help you get going, and support when you’re not sure where to go next.  It’s a must have for anyone working on a new project outside your comfort zone.  Someone else has already done what you want to do, so why not capitalize on their knowledge to help you through?

One of the best parts of mastermind groups, is you gain a lifelong support system of people who care about your success.  Having a personal board of directors to help you with the tough stuff is the best decision you can make for your future.  After joining a mastermind group, you’ll look back a year from now with astonishment at how far you’ve come.

Momentum Mastermind groups are starting now.  Click here to learn more about this life-changing tool.