Build a success circle

Achieving and maintaining success is not a one-man show. Yes, you must be firmly in the driving seat, but need a team to cheer you on. Here are some suggestions of people to enlist onto your team.

Goals helper: Your goals helper should be someone who can and will ask you powerful questions to help you clarify what is most important, how big your goals could be and what investments you should be prepared to make. They might also help you realise what your future might look like if you continued on your current path. He or she will help you stay strong and focused and think more strategically. They should enable you to look ahead to where you could be in the future and to set stretching goals.

Learning buddy: This is a person possibly on a similar path to yours, someone who believes in lifelong learning. This person is willing to share resources with you, is available to brainstorm solutions with you and encourage you when you are facing challenges. Choose someone who will not compete with you or envy you, but will help you learn things that move you forward and pushes you to learn what will help you achieve your goals.

Performance coach: Will help you stay the course, build stamina and remain resilient when the going gets tough. They can help you identify what factors make the real difference to your performance and help you focus on those. They’ll help celebrate your wins, talk through any losses, broken commitments or challenges and how to bounce back if you fail. Make sure this person can provide an unbiased perspective, be tough with you if necessary, guide and motivate you to forge ahead.

Accountability partner: When you set your goals, you have every intention of achieving them. But sometimes things come up, other priorities emerge and things get overwhelming. It’s good to pre-empt this by having someone who can help you avoid any traps, stay committed and eliminate excuses.

Whoever you elect to this role must be someone who can help you reflect on your choices, even help you understand yourself better and how you handle situations; someone you respect and can’t afford to short-change you. The accountability partner will also help you to avoid over-commitment so that you can focus on key success areas.

Acceleration ally: This person takes you the extra mile, helps you redefine your talent so that you are able to leverage it more.  This person helps you realise your full potential by offering practical guidance, thoughtful insights and useful advice. They enable you to draw on all your qualities, values, passions and interests to excel and to navigate the stressful times.

Now take action: List potential success circle team members. Contact them