In today's episode, we thought we would try something a little bit different and we would talk about goal setting and one of the models called the GROW model, which is a model that Kev uses and might be familiar to some of you listening. So we thought we'd talk about how it can be used when setting your driving related goals.

Yes, I definitely use this model, in my coaching sessions. But before we start, I suppose we'd better explain what GROW is if people don't know. So, GROW stands for Goals, reality, options, and way forward, or will. So the G is for the goal, and it's what you want to achieve. The R is reality. And it's, what's happening now? The O is for options. And this is where you look at what options are available to you. And you choose the best one that's going to fit. And the W is, how are you going to do it? You know, what steps are you going to put in place now?

Okay. So this is a bit of a process and you just follow the steps, follow the process and that will help you to decide what to do

Exactly, and what you're trying to do is you're trying to, you know, really think about what you need and what you want. How are you going to do it? You know, this is, this is why people say, yes, I want to learn to drive. Brilliant. How are you going to do it?

Yeah, is that having an action plan?

Yes, and what you want is to, Have the action plan, but you've created it. No one else has created it. And that's what you really want from this

Yeah, I'm guessing because otherwise, if the goal is learning to drive, then if you're expecting your driving instructor to create this for you, then it's going to be something that suits the driving instructor, isn't it? It's going to be something that's created by that person and what they think is best, based on their experience but it's going to be maybe a bit of a one size fits all. Whereas if you use a model and a process and create your own action plan, then that's going to be much better suited to you, isn't it?

It is, and if it is created by you,

there's probably

probably more stand more chance of success because you've created it

Yeah. You, you've bought in already. It is sold. Yeah.

Yeah, and that's that's exactly what we try and do so what I would normally do is ask a series of questions

Okay, great. So

we thought we'd do today is give you an insight into some of those questions in Each of the sections of the grown model

And then that way listeners, if they're looking to create a driving related goal, then can they just follow these questions?

they can. Yeah, it's as simple as that, really. Just answer the questions. Some of the questions, you know, you might want to ask an extra one that I don't mention. But, basically they are what they are.

Yeah. So you can follow the process, but you can also add in a few of your own questions if you want to, to really tailor and tweak it. Exactly. Yeah. Brilliant. Okay, let's go for it.

So, the first thing we need to do is to actually look at your goal. And one of the questions that we really need to ask ourselves first off is what does this goal look like to you? What is it specifically that you want to achieve? some people say they want to pass a test.

Yeah.

They don't want to pass a test because you've got to look at what it actually brings you In passing that test. So, think of what your driving goals are and that's what you really need to think about straight away. What are your driving goals? So, one of the other follow up questions to that is, what does this goal mean to them? And just really think about, what does it mean? So, it comes from inside you, this one, you know, why are you doing what you're doing? Yeah,

which is important, isn't it? Understanding why you want to do something is what's going to keep you going when you're doing the work.

Thinking of another question there is, what are the benefits? of achieving this goal And it's like, Oh yeah, but if I do this, I can do this. So, you talked about the motivation there. It's just think of one thing that will keep you motivated. What's this one thing that's going to keep you motivated to achieve that goal?

Yeah. Because there's gonna be times when it feels like hard work and you're gonna feel a bit fed up, like you wanna stop. So we, we all need that bit of motivation to keep us going, don't

Yeah.