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themselves doing what they need to do. These tend to be the most successful athletes. You have

your clear goal(s) and you have created your action plan. This plan must be put into motion for
you to have a chance at achieving your goal(s). Think about these questions to ensure you act:

• What do I want?

• What am I not willing to do?
• Am I committed to doing the work it takes?

• Am I committed to my decisions?

• Am I committed to myself?

People who very vividly describe or picture their goals are anywhere from 1.2 to

1.4 times more likely to successfully accomplish their goals than people who

don’t.

–MARK MURPHY

Evaluate Progress

Your self-awareness is needed here – be honest, candid, and objective with your progress.

You should have steps in your action plan to trigger it’s time to evaluate your progress.
Depending on your goal, those checks might occur monthly, quarterly, or another time. Ask

yourself these questions:

• How am I feeling right now about my progress?
• Has anything changed to prompt me to make a change?

• What are my quantitative (numbers) measures telling me?

• What are my qualitative (feedback) measures telling me?
• How much progress have I made towards my goal?

• Do I sense any momentum?

• What obstacles have I faced? What were the results?
• What roadblocks are still in my way? What is my plan to get around those?