Page 7 - Momentum by Cassandra S. Shaw, Ph.D., CPC.

Make Detours

Detours will invariably occur on your way to achieving your goal(s). It’s how you handle

the detours which matter most. Think back to your greatest inner strength and pull from this in
times of detours. Also, keep your goal in focus, try not to let the fog get in the way and prevent

you from achieving your goal. Have you veered off course and needed to start over? That’s okay.
Do what you need to do to stay on track of reaching your end goal. It’s not always a straight shot.

Sometimes these detours are just what we needed. Be objective with the detour and evaluate it.

Sometimes detours are an excellent disruption.

–DR. SANDI SHAW

Reevaluate

Evaluating your progress is not a one-time occurrence. In fact, it should be a part of your

action plan. Evaluate where you are and how you’re doing periodically, depending on the length
of your goal. Avoid micromanaging yourself. On the other end of the spectrum – avoid

macromanaging and not ever checking in with yourself. Now that you’re further along into your
action plan, it’s time to evaluate this last stage of momentum. The same steps and tips from

above apply here as well. In addition, think about these questions:

• Am I still on track for my purpose or goal?
• Who do I need for support and encouragement?

• How does the rest of my action plan compare to where I am now?

• If I’ve had detours, do I need to update the next steps of my plan?
• What do I need to do to modify my plan?

Momentum

About this time in your journey, you may begin to feel like you don’t have the energy to
keep going. You’ve had to make more detours than you’d planned or realized you would need to

make. Draw from your greatest inner strength. Statistica Brain conducted a study in which they