Are You Playing Goal Ketchup?

Did I say Ketchup? I actually mean Catch-Up, however in this short video it sounds like I’m saying ‘Ketchup’!

As I say in the video, we tend to focus on the end result of goal setting, the achieving part and that’s what we celebrate. However, as I’ve mentioned before, we should also celebrate the little milestones along the way.

Now obviously I’m not talking about huge celebrations like an all-nighter at ‘Lulu’s Dive’ or something, no I’m talking about acknowledging the Matches and small achievements, the little results which show you’re on the right track, that kind of stuff. I believe that to be every bit as important as the major celebration when you achieve your end goal.

So how to celebrate? Well, that could be as simple as writing your Matches, or close results - however great or small – in a daily Journal. That’s what I do. Every day I make a note of any Matches on a Post-It note and then each morning I celebrate by writing them into my daily journal and being grateful for all those achievements. You’ll be surprised how satisfying that feels!

Thing is, and this is where the ‘Ketchup’ comes in, if you only focus on the end game, the end result, you are indeed constantly playing Catch-Up because you keep asking yourself: “Am I/we there yet? Why not? When will I/we get there?” and so on – chasing after busses, as I said in the video, and that ain’t fun!

Playing Goal ‘Ketchup’ is, in my opinion, setting yourself up for failure and you’ll end up beating yourself up for under achieving. By celebrating your daily Matches – and they don’t even have to be directly related to your goals – you build the expectation gradually along the way and should it turn out you don’t realise your goal, you can at least see all the smaller achievements along the way and build on them for next time. It’s great for confidence building as well.

So, if you’re not a Ketchup fan, now you know what to do!

Until next time,

Jez