#4 Put Your YES Into Action

Key takeaways from this episode:

• Take one step at a time and hang onto your plans loosely, with open hands.
• There’s no action in hope. You need to set goals.
• Word your goals and actions positively. Don’t focus on what you’ll STOP doing – focus on what you’ll START doing.
• A Mentor provides guidance, encouragement, and support.
• A sponsor provides all the things of a mentor, and they are willing to take action and be an advocate for you.
• We all need people who believe in us, take action for us. They might be a friend, a neighbor, a daughter, or a manager.
• How to find a mentor or sponsor? Look for these qualities: expertise, approachable, availability, good listeners, compassion, and authenticity.
• Decide you want something and commit to taking action to achieve it. Write goals that are specific and set a date to it. Don’t forget to share it – there is something magic about saying it out loud!
• There is no map that provides the perfect path to success.

Resources from this episode:

How to make New Years Resolutions Stick
This is a great article if you are constantly finding yourself not following through with your resolutions or aiming too high with your goal setting. Dr. John Norcross is a professor and clinical psychologist, in this article he tells us all about setting realistic and attainable goals to boost our motivation to stick with them.

With courage, kindness and grace,