Do you have an Action Plan yet?  What can you do today to get you one step closer to making 2010 your best year ever?  What core values and principles do you need to adopt to make it happen?  How will you live it?  How will you BE it? Who do you need to know to help you achieve it?  Do you know Why?

Power Components

Over the course of the past few weeks we have identified two power components to achieving your goals:  Define and Model.  The third component is finding the Big Why.

Your “Big Why” ignites the passion and purpose that feeds your energy.  It brings focus and motivation to your efforts as you define your goals and build your models to achieve whatever you choose. 

An example of how the Big Why can drive you is the story of a young Texas mother who was not happy with the academics her school district offered her son.  Cerebral Palsy forced her son into a wheelchair and affected his ability to speak.  He required a full time attendant to eat and function within the school; even for the simple task of turning pages in his books.  Despite his physical limitations, this youngster had a great mind, wonderful wit and an ability to get his points across despite his limited verbal communication.

Mom took a stand.  She shifted from a full-time to part time work so she had the flexibility to advocate her son’s academics.  Despite strong resistance and thinly veiled threats of being sued as a bad mother, she built a network of educators, specialists, supporters and advocacy groups to fortify her arguments and sustain her quest to effect change from an attitude of baby-sitting special-needs students to providing the academics and mainstreaming pathways required by the state.

After three years of hard work, focus and following a strategic model, she achieved her goal.  Walls crumbled down, resistance subsided and the required academics, with appropriate mainstreaming (both social and academic), was available for all special-needs students within the school system.  When asked what kept her going, she responded:

"I did not want to be the reason my son could not go to college."

The Big Why is usually as simple as that.  Sometimes it is hidden behind a pile of other stuff, just keep asking yourself (or better yet… someone in your network ask you) WHY.  You will know when you find it because it comes from your core, driven by your purpose and meaning.  You cannot stop yourself until you achieve your goal.

Check this out and see what you can do today that will make 2010 your best year ever.

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Suzy Graven is a Professional Speaker,Transformational Life and Business Coach.  Her unique experiences provided a door way to work and learn from amazing leaders, CEOs and entrepreneurs, to the sage and wisdom of those who work closest to nature.  Her perspective serves as a catalyst for women wanting to grow their professional and personal lives.   It leads to a thinking(anchored in real possibility) that generates vision and translates into effective action.  You will gain power in dealing with every-day issues,and be free to live a major league life.  Go to g3coaching.com for more information.