In the last part of this series, we investiage the 5-S Formula

Now that we you have developed our goals, we want to help you break these down into the skills required to accomplish those goals. 

After breaking these down, we will further divide skills into daily practices that help develop those skills. 

To do so, we will use a simple formula that makes it easier to decide on what skills and practices you need to develop to achieve your goal.

5 S’s Formula

Simple: 

The best practices are small daily actions that can be done in the context of real life. Ask yourself on a scale of 0-10, “how confident do I feel about doing this practice everyday for the next two weeks?” the answer should be a 9 or 10. Anything lower and the practice is too challenging or intimidating.

Segmental: 

Most goals are too big, or complicated, to try for in one go. Most skills are the same way. So break them down into defined and organised segments.

Sequential: 

Breaking things down into segments is great. But you also have to practice those segments in the right order. If you do “thing four” before “thing one” you’re less likely to succeed. So start with thing one, then do thing two, then thing three and so on. Do the right things in the right order and success is a reliable outcome.

Strategic: 

Think this process sounds slow? Fact is, if your practices are strategic, the whole process goes quicker. That’s because strategic practice addresses the thing that’s in your way right now. Focus on that one thing – and only that thing – and a difficult process becomes easier and faster.
Supported: 

Practices work best when they’re supported by some form of teaching, coaching, mentorship, and accountability.

There you go, goal setting for the last half of 2023 completed.

If you want some feedback, then please email your goals to info@strengthsystems.com.au and one of our team will have a chat about how they can be further optimised.

If you are keen to learn more about Habit Building, we also have plenty of information to come on how we create sustainable daily practices to boost performance, reduce anxiety and improve the overall quality of life for our athletes.