Alison Levine - Goal Setting

Alison Levine is certainly a voice of hope and inspiration.  I was privileged to hear her story while at the Chick-Fil-La Leadercast this year.  Alison has climbed to the highest elevation on all 7 continents. I won't go into the details of her entire story here, but it really is extraordinary and inspiring. 

While Alison was climbing to the top of Mount Everest on the final leg to the summit she used small obtainable goals one after the other to assist her climb.  The final leg is quite daunting considering at that elevation your body is actually deteriorating because it’s not meant to function at extreme levels of elevation.  An oxygen tank is required to breathe and it takes 5-10 breaths for every one step.  The final stage of this climb is 3,000 ft.  Take some time to do some quick math here…3,000 ft + 5-10 breaths for each step = not a quick or easy climb to the top.

Instead of letting the big goal of making it 3,000 ft at such a slow pace in such harsh conditions Alison set a small goal that was in sight (I want to make it to that rock).  Then she set another easier to see/reach goal (I’ll just make it to this curve) until she ultimately reached the top.

What goals should you break down into smaller obtainable goals?