Spring Forward, Fall Back

March is upon us. Spring is unfolding around us….well, it will be as soon as we are quite done with our last snow storm. Spring forward,fall back is the perfect play on words for this article.   The original title was “Step Forward, Look Back.”  

A very common strategy for envisioning a goal is to use your imagination to put yourself in the future one week and look back at what   you want to have accomplished during those 7 days.  What do you see? List your successes.   How do you feel as you look at the week?  It’s empowering!

Come back to the present and map out how you can accomplish your vision of the week. You’ve already seen it, so just put it into place.

Another way of looking back and forth is to try the following:

Look back at what you actually accomplished in the last week, the last month, and the last year. Did you do some spectacular things or how about all of those smaller things that have been on your mind for a while? What can you proud of?  What made this last week/month/year more significant than others in the past? 

Now, look forward – what can you do to make this next week/month/year more amazing than ever?

Until next time – find a way to show as well as tell your child, “I love you.”

My best,

Tess Haranda

Personal life, career, executive coach

www.successwithtess.com