Achieving Results
- eli1175
- Sep 4, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 20, 2024
Shoftim - 6 September 2024
A key to achieving results is to have a system to work within. In Parshas Shoftim, the Torah speaks about having Judges and police / enforcers to maintain justice. It's not enough to just come up with a good plan for life, you need to have a system of how to enforce the plan you have set to achieve those goals
We speak about setting SMART Goals* - Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound If you want to be able to reach your goals, you need to be serious about them.
Make your goal very specific. Sometimes we know we need to grow so we commit to a vague goal of growth without specifying what that growth will look like. We need to be more specific so we can know when we are getting close to achieving the goal otherwise the goal post can move depending on your mood and interpretation at the time.
How will you know if you have achieved your goal? In addition to specifying what the goal is, we need to ensure that it can be measured in some form. ie . I will lose 3 kg of weight
We need to ensure that our goals are achievable and not too far off from reality that we can never get there. Of course they should be ambitious but at the same time they need to be something you can do and have access to the resources to do it and once you reach that goal or come close to it, you can redefine the goal to increase your growth level.
It's also important that the goals we choose are relevant to our value system and will mean something to us once we achieve them. How will I feel or be different if I achieve my goals? What difference will it make in my life and for those around me?
We must also place a time frame into the aquasion. If we don't have some level of urgency, it could never happen. One must set a time line ie. Over the next 3 months I will lose 3kg of fat by bringing down my calories to 1800 per day and going to the gym 3 times a week.
In addition, having someone else help you reach your goals is also very helpful. It can be with a coach or a coaching buddy. A partner who can help hold you accountable to your goals, your own personal policeman/women who can help you to maintain your justice.
Best of luck with setting your next goals.
In the next post we can talk about a coaching buddy system that can help to keep you more accountable and bring more purpose into our lives by helping others and ourselves
Stay tuned and good luck!
About the author:
Elimelech Levy is a Rabbi and Coach in Sydney Australia where he runs Chabad Youth NSW, an organisation that's focused on Providing Jewish enrichment that's educational, fun, social & affordable. Elimelech received his MBA from Macquarie University in 2021 then chose to use his studies and experience to become a Results Coach and member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) helping people take control of their lives through establishing goals and working towards them. In 2023, Elimelech established the Knei Lecha Chover program focused on matching Rabbis around the world and providing foundational tools for them to coach each other regularly avoiding significant fees needed for professional coaching sessions.
Elimelech can be reached via his website elilevy.com.au
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