This year is quickly coming to a close and the new year is looming on the horizon, growing bigger with each tick of the clock. Thinking of a new year often brings fear and trembling to many people. The New Year is often synonymous with new beginnings; a time to start again, with a clean slate. The fear and trembling comes from thinking of all the so called "new beginnings" as past failures instead of viewing them as stepping stones to success.
Setting goals is also synonymous with a new year. Setting goals is enough to give some folks a major anxiety attack. Perhaps, however, it is because they don't understand the best way to set goals, a way that alleviates the pressure. I am a life coach and I am here to help with goal setting. Over the next few weeks, the last few weeks of this year, I want to review the best way to set a goal, identify obstacles that may hinder reaching the goal and finding action steps to take to overcome those obstacles. A new year is approaching...let the goal setting begin!