We often set unattainable goals and become demotivated when we realise it’s not going to happen. What steps could you implement right now to make a significant difference and achieve your impossible goal?
In this episode, Genna Clark joins us to explore how to achieve your goals. Genna is the founder of The Women’s Leadership Space, an ICF-accredited and certified personal development and confidence coach for women in management stepping up to the next level of their careers.
In the session, Genna shares aspects of an impossible goal, the main difference between an impossible and a normal goal, maintaining a positive mindset, identifying your impossible goal, and how to achieve it. Genna dives deep into embracing failure and the recipe to success once you establish a resonant goal.
Highlights From The Episode
[0:55] About Genna and what she does
[01:32] What’s an impossible goal
[06:02] Aspects of an impossible goal
[08:16] Managing your mindset
[10:23] Difference between impossible and normal goals
[11:41] Setting your impossible goal
[16:47] Actionable steps to achieving your impossible goal
[19:22] How to invest in your impossible goal
[22:27] Letting go of the fear of failure
[26:40] The recipe for success once you have a resonant goal
[34:28] Finding the celebration song that makes you feel alive
[36:02] Building resonance with your goal
[39:21] To connect with Genna Clark
Notable Quotes
- What you believe dictates what you think or feel, which dictates what you do.
- It’s not about instant gratification. People who set an impossible goal and dare to go for it also have very different views of failure.
- It’s essential to stay positive because we have a negative bias. We are very pain-averse based creatures.
- Some of the most powerful steps you can take are baby steps you take every single day that help create momentum and shift behaviour.
- Let go of perfection. Let go of knowing how you’ll get to the very end and move into action now. The important thing is consistent, regular baby steps.
- Do it now, do it perfectly, and don’t let them see your sweat.
- It is always impossible until it’s done. You don’t know what you can do until you give it your all.
- “I have failed 10,000 times. I found 10,000 ways that don’t work.”
Resources
To connect with Genna Clark:
Download your free copy of:
‘9 Powerful Habits to Move from Imposter Syndrome to Grounded Confidence.’
Watch our previous LinkedIn Live with Genna Clark: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome to Become the Leader You’re Meant to Be, for more expert tips on achieving your career dreams.
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