3 Steps in Choosing the Resources that are Best for You

There are so many self help books and strategies out there today, that it is difficult to figure out which one is right for you. Should you listen to Brene Brown, Tony Robbins, Gabby Bernstein, or Jessica Honegger? Should you participate in the Positive Intelligence TM program, the Dare to Lead program, the Performance under Pressure course, or the Discovering Your Purpose course? Which assessments should you take? The PQ Saboteur Assessment, The Enneagram Personality Assessment, The Dare to Lead™ Daring Leader Assessment, The Wholehearted Inventory, Test Your Self Compassion? Should you look for a life coach, a business coach, a therapist, or hash things out with your friends over drinks? Should you read 'The Secret' 'You are a Badass...', 'How to Win Friends and Influence People', 'The Four Hour Workweek', 'Daring Greatly', 'Eat that Frog'. It is truly overwhelming and even more so if you look to these various resources because you are feeling lost, down, or feel as if you are not living your best life and can do better.

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Step 1: Know your goals. What are they? What would you like to accomplish after you have completed reviewing a specific resource (i.e. a course, a program, an assessment, a book, etc.). Do you want to improve your personal life - relationships with spouse, kids, parents, friends? Your organizational skills? Your communication skills? Your financial planning skills? Your weight management? Your business leadership skills?

Step 2: Research your options. All the information you need is at your fingertips all the time when performing a smart search using meaningful keywords. If you want to find help with a specific issue you are experiencing, perform a search engine search. Google, Bing, and other search engines will display authoritative websites with the most popular results listed at the top (just below the ads). When in doubt, search for reviews for the different results that you might be interested in. This will help you narrow down your search results and hone in on one to three resources. You can also ask your friends and family (only the ones you trust of course), if they have heard of any of the authors, books, programs, courses, etc., or find a coach (like me) or therapist that could assist you with some resources that they might recommend.

Step 3: Make a decision and commit. It is easy to purchase a self-help book, sign up for a course, meet with a group, etc. It is much more difficult to commit to reading the entire book or completing an entire course, or meeting with a group on an ongoing basis. You should set aside some personal time each week to work on these goals and never ever beat yourself up if you miss a week here and there.

Once you commit to making a change and you take these three steps, you will be on your way to choosing the resource that is right for you and one step closer to reaching your goals!

For more information or assisance with navigating this big world of self-help resources, please contact Tammy for your free consultation. She can help!!