1. Goal-setting on a timeline
January 30, 2013
Presented by Caroline Thay

2. What do you want to get out of
the meetup today?

3. What is your biggest problem
related to goal-setting?

4. Richard Bandler John Grinder
Cocreators of NLP

5. Well-formed outcome =
NLP version of goal setting
 Get clarity to help program
your brain for success

6. Identify the present state
• What is the problem?
• How do you know this is a problem?
• How do you know how, when, where and
with whom to have it?

7. Identify the present problem
• What stops you from changing?
• What hidden benefit do you get from this
behavior?

8. Identify the present problem
• How does this limit you?
• What would happen in 10 years if you
keep this problem?

9. “When you know what you want, and
want it bad enough, you will find a
way to get it.” Jim Rohn

10. S.M.A.R.T. goals
• S pecific
• Measurable
• A ttainable
• R esult-oriented
• T ime-bound
Write down your goals.

11. Identify the well-formed outcome
• What do you want specifically?
– Stated in the positive
– Needs to be within your control
– Appropriate chunk size
• How will you know when you have it?
• What will you see, hear and feel?

12. Identify the well-formed outcome
• How will that affect family, friends, job,
health, your feelings and overall situation?
• What else will improve?
• What will that get for you or allow you to
do?

13. Identify the well-formed outcome
• Is it worth the effort it will take to get there?
• What prevents you from having this
outcome right now?

14. Identify the well-formed outcome
• What resources do you have and what
resources do you need to reach your
outcome?
• Have you done something similiar before?
Do you know anyone who has?
• What would happen if you act as if you had
already achieved your goal?

15. Identify the well-formed outcome
• How are you going to get there? Is there
more than one way to reach your goal?
• What is the first step you can take?

16. What is one of your
long-term goals?

17. Demo
Goal setting on a timeline

18. Recap
• Know where you are.
• Identify where you want to go.
• Make sure your goals follow the S.M.A.R.T.
formula.
• Write them down.
• Check ecology.

19. Recap
• Outcome should increase choice.
• Get enough leverage for change and action.
• Visualize your outcomes.
• Use all your senses to make them real.
• Take action.
• Check milestones and progress.

20. How can you use what you
have learned today?

21. Questions

22. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you
have questions:
caroline@synergyinsights.com
To go more in depth and experience the
well-formed outcome, attend an NLP
training in Paris and get licensed with the
Society of NLP:
http://www.synergyinsights.com

23. “Emptiness is a symptom that you are
not living creatively.
You either have no goal that is
important enough to you,
or you are not using your talents and
efforts in a striving toward an
important goal.”
Famous Unknown Author

24. Thank you!