Unlock Your Full Potential

Per Rober Kega, PhD, Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development at Harvard University Graduate School of Education, from an interview with BottomLinePersonal (Volume 30; Number 14):

1. List the things you do -- and the things you don't do -- that inhibit your progress toward your stated goal.
2. For each inhibiting behavior that you listed in step #1, ask yourself, "What fear or fears are raised in my mind when I imagine myself doing exactly the opposite?"
3. Rewrite the fears you listed in step #2 in a way that expresses your commitment to your hidden conflicting goals.
4. Go back to the fears you described in step #2, and list the assumptions that are built into them.
5. Imagine what would happen if you pursued your stated goal and things did not go perfectly.
6. Discuss your desire to alter your behavior with those who will be affected by your changes.
7. Adjust your behavior in small ways that challenge the importance of your conflicting goal without forsaking it entirely