Day 30 of the 30 Day Challenge - You Did It!

Congratulations -- today is Day 30 of the 30 Day Challenge! You did it!

This is an opportunity to take a look back at this month and see how much you have accomplished. Ask yourself:

1. What results did you accomplish?
2. What are you most proud of doing in this last month?
3. What did you learn through this process?
4. What new habits have you developed?
5. How can you take these lessons forward in your life?
6. What steps will you take to keep this momentum alive?

I want to acknowledge each one of you for the focus you showed this month, whether were able to take action every day or not. As I always say, life happens, and our plans need to shift with them. Do take a look at the learning you achieved and how you can take this learning forward with you.

Personally, I was able to get more writing done than I have without this process, although I would have liked to have seen more concrete results. What I am taking forward is a solid foundation for writing projects which I will continue to focus on through the spring and the fall. my biggest learning from this month has been that the cumulative effect of small actions on a daily or regular basis can really add up. I will be taking forward a number of my new habits, which include scheduling in time for writing at least three times a week.

I hope that you enjoyed this process and I would love to hear what the 30 Day Challenge meant for you! As always, please feel free to comment below.

If you are looking for more structure to move towards your goals, the next 90 day Your Balanced Life! program will be starting in a few weeks. This is a three month program, which includes 2 group coaching calls a month (maximum 12 participants) plus a forty minute individual coaching session with me each month (3 sessions). We will be starting on May 22nd with the program ending on August 21st. The cost for the program is $297 US (about the same price that you would pay for the three coaching sessions alone). For more information, and to register please visit the 90 Day Your Balanced Life! web page.

With best wishes,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, CPCC, CHRP, CPT
Potentials Realized
Toll Free: 1-866-217-1960
Email: jennifer[at]potentialsrealized[dot]com

April's 30 Day Challenge - Day 27: Planning to Celebrate

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Today is Day 27 of the 30 Day Challenge. How is it going for you? With four more days left in the 30 day challenge, what more do you want to achieve?

Today's post is all about getting ready to celebrate. Focusing on goal achievement consistently for 3o days can take a lot of effort. What have you learned through this process?

How will you celebrate your achievements at the end of the 30 Days? What do you want to acknowledge yourself for?

Make a list today of 10 things you could do to celebrate your hard work this month. Take a look at the list and pick the juiciest one and schedule it in.

Part of my learning through the 30 day challenge has has been to remember that small, regular movement towards a goal can make a huge difference, even if many other events pop up along the way. I've also realized that rest and pacing along the way is also really important. There have been days when I have not focused on my writing as planned. I've been gentle with myself and recognize that usually the next day when I put my attention on it again, my productivity is actually enhanced. So thre is something to be said about rest.

I would be interested in hearing about how you will celebrate? I am starting my own celebration this weekend up north at my cottage, my creative source. I'm looking forward to it!

Have a great weekend,

Jennifer

Jennifer Britton

Potentials Realized

Email: jennifer[at]potentialsrealized[dot]com

PS - Less than a week until we kick off the Get Organized! Virtual Retreat. I will be co-hosting this really exciting phone based program on Thursday May 3rd and May 10th from 7-10 pm (EST) with TV Host and Professional Organizer Hellen Buttigieg. We will be taking a hands on approach to spring cleaning, organizing, time management and other issues. A few spots still remain and we'd love to have you join us! For more information, click here. You can register online or call me toll free 1-866-217-1960.

Measuring Your Progress Towards Goals

It's day 23 of the 30 Day Challenge and I'm curious as to if you've taken a look at how much further ahead you are with the goal you've focused on this month.

Take a few minutes right now and look at how far you've come -
Where are you right now with the goal you've been focusing on?
Where were you at the start of the month?
If you had to put a number figure on it, how far along are you with achieving this goal?
What do you want to acknowledge yourself for?

The thing that I love with this process is at this stage you really can see how you really are in a different place than 3 short weeks ago. If you aren't seeing the progress you want, what is one thing you can do today to move you forward?

As we move into this last full week of the 30 day challenge, I hope that you will continue to keep your eyes on the horizon and your momentum moving you forward.

Looking forward to speaking with you tomorrow!

Jennifer
Jennifer Britton, CPCC, CHRP, CPT
Potentials Realized
Toll Free: 1-866-217-1960
Email: jennifer[at]potentialsrealized[dot]com

Support Structures for Goals

Welcome to Day 19 of the 30 Day Challenge. We've passed the mid-way mark -- how are things coming with your goals?

Today's post is about support structures. When we work to make changes in our lives, they often do not stick because we don't build support structures around our changes. What support could you put in place to make your new action stick?

Support structures can take a number of forms - from building in some time for daily planning, to getting additional help with household chores, to waking up a little earlier or going to bed a little earlier.

One of the support structures I have put in place to support my writing goal is to not check email so frequently. With emails coming in on a very frequent basis with my work, I have now set aside some time first thing in the morning to go through the emails that are urgent, and I am training myself to check them strategically throughout the day. This is giving me more time to be focused on what's really important in the day.

What's one thing you can do today to put your support structure into place?

Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, CPCC, CHRP, CPT

Potentials Realized

Email: jennifer[at]potentialsrealized[dot]com

What's Important - the 30 Day Challenge

It's day 16 of the 30 Day Challenge. How is it going for you? What are your major successes? What challenges are showing up? What are you learning from the process?

One of the biggest learnings I am having during the 30 Day Challenge with my writing goal is about realizing what is really important for me. Earlier this month I had set some pretty big goals for myself -- some which are well onstream, some exciting new ones that have emerged over the past couple of weeks, and some which have been postphoned to the future. The litmus test I have been using to decide what's on the agenda has been to ask what's most important? What will provide the most leverage? Asking these two questions to keep me focused on my goals have been invaluable.

What's most important for you? What activities will give you the most focused leverage as you move towards your goal?

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

With best wishes,
Jennifer
Potentials Realized

PS - I had a great call on Thursday evening with Hellen Buttigieg, TV Host on "Help! I'm drowning in a Sea of Paper". We had over 250 registrants for the call. Early next month on May 3 and 10th we will be leading the Get Organized! Virtual Retreat ( 7-10 pm ET both evenings). See my earlier blog post about the topic. Spaces are filling very quickly, and I hope that you will be interested in joining us. If you are committed to making some personal organizational changes and want practical tips, tools and a supportive group environment to do it in, please read on for more information. This virtual retreat is held by phone so you can tackle your organization issues at your home and office during the retreat process. If you have any questions, please call me toll free at 1-866-217-1960.

Building Momentum Towards Your Goals

Building Momentum Towards Your Goals – Create The Tipping Point

Copyright 2007 - Jennifer Britton

Momentum = To Move Forward

Momentum is a powerful tool in the achievement of goals. Have you ever noticed how things literally start to snowball and take on a life of their own, once a certain point is reached?

Many times momentum is gained through those very small steps you are taking if you are engaging in the 30 day challenge. Momentum is most often about the cumulative impact of smaller actions not just one giant step.

What are you noticing about momentum you have gained in the last 10 days of the 30 day Challenge? What’s getting easier? What’s becoming effortless? What can you leverage to get more momentum?

I'd love to hear about what momentum looks like for you -- please feel free to comment below.

Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, CPCC, CHRP, CPT

Email: jennifer[at]potentialsrealized[dot]com

Passion + Action = Goal Success

Passion + Action = Goal Success

Today’s post is about adding passion or desire to the actions that you are undertaking this month for the 30 Day Challenge.

Sit back for a moment, and ask yourself – how inspired am I by the action steps I am taking on a daily basis? Rate yourself on a scale of 0 – 10, with 0 being absolutely not inspired and 10 being I’m totally inspired.

Take a look at your rating. What would make your actions more inspired? How can you kick it up a notch?

This month I’ve picked the action steps of writing on daily basis. One of my goals this year is to get my work and ideas more widely out into the world. Part of my vision is publishing a book later this year. By connecting with my passion for the subjects I am writing about, and keeping my end goal in mind, my daily blocks of writing are becoming much easier. As they say, it takes 21 days of continuous effort to make a habit. I hope that I am laying the groundwork for this foundation.

How do your actions connect to a larger goal in your life? Why is this goal important to you? What passions can you leverage to make the progress towards this goal, fun and meaningful to you?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on how your 30 Day Challenge is coming. Please feel free to comment below.

Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized
Your Balanced Life! 90 Day Program starts May 22nd
Email: jennifer[at]potentialsrealized[dot]com

April's 30 Day Challenge - Day 6

How is the 30 Day Challenge coming for you? We are now into day six, and what have you noticed by taking small action steps on a daily basis towards one of your most important goals?

My first week of the 30 Day challenge has been great for my writing (the goal I set for myself this month). I've been able to build up some momentum and have been blogging on a daily basis on my assorted blogs. I've also dug up some older files with partially completed articles, and am planning on breathing some new life back into these. With this being the Easter weekend, we are enjoying some quiet family time, getting a lot of things done around the house and office.

Obstacles are an inevitable part of moving towards goals and will show up at some time or other. I read a great blog post at Darlene Hull's the Mom-Defrazzler blog, called "Watch Out - Identify the Obstacles". If obstacles are showing up in your path now, or sometime down the road, do check it out. Last July she dedicated a month to goal setting topics. Her dad contributed to a number of the articles posted there and so wonderfully started his article with,

Every obstacle is a stepping stone to your success. Unknown

I look forward to hearing how your 30 day challenge is coming, and if any obstacles are showing up. If so, how can you turn these obstacles into a stepping stone or a spring board?

Jennifer

Jennifer Britton

Potentials Realized

Email: jennifer[at]potentialsrealized[dot]com

Get Organized! Virtual Retreat - May 3 and 10/07

Get Organized! Virtual Retreat
Thursday May 3 and 10/07 - 7 - 10 pm (ET)

Is spring your time to get organized? Do you want to learn from one of the best? One of the most exciting programs I will be offering this spring is in conjunction with Hellen Buttigieg, TV Host and President of WeOrganizeU -- the Get Organized Virtual Retreat.

The virtual retreat will provide you with organizing information, in addition to the space for some spring cleaning, organization and focus on the things that are most important for you!

Throughout the two evenings we will be taking a very practical and hands-on approach to organization, time management and identifying the roadblocks to those issues which are most important to you.

The virtual retreat format will enable you to connect from your home or office, and actually tackle those organization issues hands-on during the course of the retreat. We will be undertaking several practical organization issues, including re-organizing your closet, during the two evening sessions.

The virtual retreat is held by phone. Participants will connect by phone for approximately 30 minutes each hour, followed by an organization exercise which you will do at home.

What's included:
* 6 Hour Virtual Retreat (over two evenings)
* A group follow up call on May 24th at 8pm (ET)
* A virtual retreat manual
Participants are responsible for their own long distance charges.

Throughout the two evenings you will:
* Learn the Top 10 Simple Rules for Organization;
* Explore how your personal values can act as an inner compass in making organization decisions;
* Acquire invaluable time management tips;
* Be challenged to practice extreme self-care;
* Undertake the major project of organizing your closet;
* Learn secrets for maintaining the order;
* Develop an action plan and support network to keep your new ideas alive!

The introductory pricing for the program is $250 US. It is recommended that you register early, as spaces will be filling fast.

If you are looking to improve your home environment this spring, I hope that you will join us! For more information, please visit here, or feel free to give me a call toll free at 1-866-217-1960.

With best wishes,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, CPCC, CHRP
Potentials Realized
Email: jennifer[at]potentialsrealized[dot]com

April's 30 Day Challenge

It's hard to believe that we are already into April! The new shoots of flowers are certainly appreciating the rain we've had today.

This month I'm issuing a 30 Day Challenge to myself, which I hope you will join me for. If you focused on undertaking small steps towards a large goal for 30 days consistently, what would happen? The 30 day challenge is all about undertaking that consistent effort for 30 Days. I did something similar in my business last summer and saw outstanding results.

This April my focus for the next 30 days is going to be on taking daily small steps towards making significant inroads with my writing -- either through my blogs, or through publishing some articles online. I hope that you will check in with me during the month at this blog as well as two others I post on (The "Biz" Toolkit -- management and business tips and Group Coaching Ins and Outs -- tips and tools for group facilitators).

What's the 30 day focus you want to hold? I'd love to hear what you are going to take action on -- feel free to comment below and also let us know what difference this will make in your life or work.

Speak to you tomorrow!

Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, CPCC, CHRP, CPT

Potentials Realized

90 Day Your Balanced Life! Program starts May 22nd -- registrations now being accepted