Good morning to you all!

I thought that this “Grow Model” might be helpful to focus on.  I found that when I started coaching and aiming for financial freedom that this helped focus the mind and was easy to remember.

G = goals

R = reality

O = options

W = way forward

Goals

This simply represents whatever goal you are trying to achieve. You may want to move house, change career, save money for a holiday etc, children’s education/university fees. You may be needing more money in your retirement. Identifying your goal helps you to visualise it, make it real and achievable.

Reality

Identifying your circumstances, resources and/or obstacles provide the realism. Your reality is not unlike your environment from the Logical Levels in that it identifies what’s helping and what’s not, in your current situation. The reality from the recession is that you require an extra income.

Options

Having decided upon your goal and identified your reality, it’s then time to look at all the options that are available to you that may help you achieve your goals.

Way Forward

Also called Will, this determines how much motivation you have to achieve your goal and the actual steps you would be required to undertake in order to achieve your goal.

The Grow Model