The GROW
model is an incredibly simple, yet incredibly effective model for achieving
your goals in life and work. The good thing is that it can be used by anyone
without special training. Below I will show how you can use it and hopefully it
will be helpful to you as much is for me.
GROW is
an acronym for:
- Goal
Goal is
your aim
Where you
want to be. Use one goal at time and be
as specific as possible. To help you may ask yourself the below questions:
What do
you want?
How will
you know when you achieve it?
When do
you want to achieve it by?
- Reality
Exploring
the present reality
Reality
is there you are now regarding your goal. Where are you now in relation to your
goal? How far along are you towards achieving it?
What have
you done specifically so far to achieve your goal?
What
challenges have you met and how you overcome them?
What
strengths do you have which may help?
- Option
Here you need to think as many options as possible to achieve your goal. There may be a single option, or there may be multiple options from which to choose. At the beginning it may be difficult to think many options but writing down all your options/ideas even if you think they are stupid or crazy, eventually it will help you to think good options to help you towards achieving your goals.
Questions
to help you:
What could
you do?
What
else?
- Will/ Way forward
This is the final stage where you need to decide which option is the best to achieve your goal. Also, you need to think about the barriers what may stop you from doing it and what can you do about it.
Question to think about:
Which options
would be fastest/best/preferred?
What
might stop me?
When will
I take action?
This is where the action
begins!!!!
GROW
model is a powerful tool and many life coaches use it to coach their clients. I
have been using it personally a year now and I can tell it's an amazing
tool.
Good Luck
with your goals!!!
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