How can you use the WOOP method to set and achieve your goals?

I learned about WOOP in my positive psychology studies. WOOP (by Oettingen and Gollwitzer) stands for wish, outcome, obstacle, and plan. To WOOP, you begin by identifying a meaningful and attainable wish. Then you connect to the outcome by imagining you are already experiencing it. Next, you identify an internal obstacle that is holding you back from reaching this goal. Again, you imagine that obstacle as clearly and strongly as you can. Finally, you create an if/then plan for what you will do when you encounter that obstacle. You may need to make some adjustments and practice this a few times to make it work optimally for you. #vadagnes #coaching @vadagnes.coach

I was actually looking for information about the IDEAL framework and the universe pulled a smart one on me and I ended up on WOOP. I am. literally starting today. So I wanna WOOP my next 24 hours and see how it goes.

Cultivating mindfulness is key to identifying the different components of WOOP. What do you really wish for? When you are being non-judgmental, what are the obstacles you see? Once you have reached an equilibrium, visualize yourself achieving your end goal (that positive thinking is so key!) and backtrack. How can you get there? What's the plan?

Important in this matter is always to end up with a plan, well stablished with in the obstacles you need to overcome based on the willing to have objectives you searched for. A very powerful method.

I found the WOOP method to be very useful. Just to make it more effective if we can deeply think and internalize the "Why" behind our goal as well, it will not only influence how we achieve our goal but also allow us to proactively respond to the obstacles we will face in achieving our goal. Moreover, the "Why" makes us fall in love with the process and our approach becomes more process oriented, allowing us to enjoy the journey and the small wins we achieve during it.

I love this! It's all about taking little steps. I'm currently learning to swim as an adult and I remind myself that I'm not going to become Michael Phelps in a day, a week, a month, or even a year. But I sure as heck can hold onto a floatie and kick my feet up and down the lane a few times today. And tomorrow, I'll push a little further.

I never thought about the utility of the mental contrast between wish and reality as a motivator. Very powerful! When I am depressed though, this gap can feel overwhelming and the opposite happens - I do nothing. There is inaction. Important to think of the flip side here.

As the old adage goes "how do you eat an elephant? One-bite-at-a-time" Specifically the "Plan" step in WHOOP helps me take the big picture and break it down into smaller, more manageable steps. This approach to goal setting makes my objectives less intimidating and more achievable. This helps both in my professional and personal life by allowing me to track my progress by setting milestones, creating timelines, and consistently tracking my progress toward larger goals. Celebrating those little wins launches me forward to tackle more!

Everything starts or dies in the head! The mind drives/controls our actions or lack of it. What we think and believe we can, we do. WOOP is highly a mental process of energizing our thoughts, ideas and plans. By helping connect our pet wishes with perceived outcomes, the model helps to energize/fuel our desire to take right actions that will enable us to obtain the right outcomes. At this frame of mind, a desire to overcome, we cause a plan for the achievement of our most critical goals. The resultant drive, motivation and brain power helps us to take our massive actions crucial for goal attainment!

I really see WOOP as a mindfulness tool. It's about cultivating a mindset. I'll be taking this with me as I think through my work in communicating with those struggling with mental illness.

Yes! My work mentor was just telling me how critical it is to write down everything you accomplish. I put up a piece of paper on a wall, next to my office desk, where I write down the wins I really care about and put a little sticker next to it. It's fun and colorful and makes me so happy!

All this considered, the W part (Wish) should still be achievable. Although this might sound redundant ("Of course it must be!", I hear you say), I think that in an era in which magical thinking is becoming more popular (think about the lengths to which the idea of 'manifesting' a direction in your life has been popularised and stretched to the point of losing grasp of reality), we need to clarify this. A simple way to identify an achievable Wish is to formulate it as an improvement to something that already exists in your life. More of something... less of... better at...

One way to WHIP WOOP is to declare your desire (Ask and it is given)Law of Assumption Allow it in! Feel the feeling as if it has already been been received. Be guided using the blue print within any egg, seed or desire The Law of Self Expression at work. Trusting the Law of Attraction to unfold the next steps (Synchronicities) as the next action steps seem to appear. The who, when, where and how to's as the next steps appear more obviously as part of a focused high vibrational energy flow! Isn't this wonderful! I am loving it! Trust the Universal Creative process vs man a festing it. Explore Sara Landon, ACIM or Neville Goddard on You Tube for similar ideas.