You want to achieve your goal. But it’s just not happening. So many things are going on that you’re having trouble focusing on your goal. You think that if you could get some help, you could get to work on your goal. And with regular doses of support, encouragement, and accountability, you could even achieve your goal.

You don’t need counseling or mentoring. What do you need? Someone to listen to you, ask you good questions, and focus you on your goal. If someone would do this, you could:

• Get organized.
  
• Finish that key project.
  
• Manage your e-mail more effectively.
  
• Reduce your busyness by saying “no” to some requests.
  
• Spend time reflecting on what God is calling you to do.

To achieve your goal, get a coach. Coaching is a relationship in which you receive the support, encouragement, and accountability you need to achieve the goals God has given you. Coaching is different from counseling and mentoring:

• In counseling you focus on healing the past; in coaching you focus on improving the present.
  
• In mentoring, you draw from your mentor; in coaching your coach draws from you.

Does coaching work? Yes!

• Martie Tarter (director of choral music): “Coaching has helped me focus on the most important of the many things that I do.”
  
• John Houlette (mission field director): “Coaching helped me realize that I am not alone in ministry—that someone cares about me and is willing to ask me questions and hold me accountable.”
  
• Ruth Spalink (Student Support Team coordinator): “Coaching helped me lead meetings more effectively.”
  
• Stephen Willson (facilities manager): “Coaching helped me to manage my calendar better.”
  
• Scott Ponzani (communication coordinator): “Coaching has helped me define my goals (like getting a publication done) and keep focused on them.”

To achieve your goal, get a coach. Today.