b"CONGRUENCEis the Key to SuccessE verything is underpinned byachieve them within in their lifetime but to set goals that congruence.This has been myfuture generations can continue to develop when the time key discovery as Ive pursuedcomes to hand over the torch.a purposeful, inspired andAn important point here is to ensure that clients understand they will get their fulfilment from the process energised life. of doing the work, rather than achieving the actual goal.Being congruent means your actions and wordsare inACTIONalignment with your true intentions.This is where we ensure that micro-actions are being Too often, this isnt the case and leads to unhappinesstaken to achieve the macro goals and eradicate any and a lack of fulfilment and success without reallyexcuses that limit this progress. This stage cant be understanding why.underestimated as action is what really moves the needle.In this incongruent state, its easy to get caught in what ACCOUNTABILITYI call The Rift.In the Rift, we experience feelings of significant stress,In my experience, one of the main reasons people fail to overwhelm, frustration, depression and anxiety. take the action they need to is a lack of accountability.Its not a very pleasant place to be, yet it can be aWe have been conditioned our whole lives to be powerful catalyst for change. Emotion is simply a signalaccountable. When were young, were accountable to to think or act differently - often both! our parents; at school were accountable to our teachers; at work were accountable to our bosses but when If you think differently, you will act differently.If you actwe want to achieve things for ourselves, who are we differently, you will get different results. accountable to then?Clarity, Action, and Accountability To ourselves, of course, but this doesn't work nearly as There are the three, simple but powerful, elements to mywell.coaching approach. Why? Because its just too easy to procrastinate, to make excuses that nobody hears and say things like I can just CLARITY do it next week and to kick tasks down the road, often Firstly, I work with clients to help them achieve claritynever to be completed. in 20 different areas of life. This enables them to moveAccountability works well between a coach and forward and get further clarity on their ultimate goal.client. Having someone to offer you accountability in Its crucial to enable a client to envisage what theirthe business space is highly effective. Learning to be dream life would ideally look and feel like in the future:accountable to yourself, too, is a key part of success.personally, professionally and financially.(After all, what fully-grown adult wants to explain I call this their North Star. to another fully-grown adult why they havent done To my knowledge, no-one has ever been to the Northsomething they said they were going to do?)Star yet, for millennia, humans have used it as a guidingAs a result of using the Clarity, Action, and Accountability light.framework, clients find themselves transforming excuses The concept of the North Star in this context is exactlyinto results and living purposeful, inspired, and energised that: a guide. You dont have to actually get there. I oftenlives that they love - in a surprisingly short space of time.encourage clients to set goals so big that they wont 18"