Recently, I felt lost with what I wanted to do.
I’ve been working self-employed as a coach for 11+ years, and I get the odd period of “grey… like I’ve lost direction.”

I was struggling to understand what my day-to-day needs to look like in order to achieve the things I want in the future.

I think a lot of people feel this way for too long and don’t act on it.

So I did an exercise that has helped a LOT:

I worked backwards from where I want to be in two years to make it easier to visualise what I need to do daily.

I never normally share my personal goals, but honestly, I have nothing to hide anymore. Plus, this email might be the rocket up my backside I need now that I’ve shared it here with over 2,000 people.

Here’s the exact breakdown:

• 2 years: I want to be helping 200+ parents become the best version of themselves, laying the best foundations for their kids. (through various programmes)
• 1 year: I need to be working with 100 people and be the go-to guy for parents who want to thrive.
• 6 months: I need to be working with 50 people, and have built the full course that offers solutions to every problem parents of young families face.
• 3 months: I need 25 clients (though I’m already ahead of this), and each day I need to be jotting down the problems my clients face and building out the resources.
• 1 month: Every spare bit of energy goes to building a programme parents recommend to other parents. (There are more details in my goals, but that would bore you, so I won’t include them.)

That’s an example of how I’m going to build this.
Why not try the same with your goals?

Where do you want to be in 2 years?

Where do you need to be in 1 year?

Where do you need to be in 6 months?

Where do you need to be in 3 months?

Where do you need to be in 1 month?

Now go through and work out what you need to do to achieve it. It works wonders when you work backwards!

If you do this, I’d love to hear about it—and help you refine things.
Jake