The Catholic Coaching Podcast 28. Tips for Approaching Exercise 3 and Setting Goals
Jan 25, 2021
They tackle why goal setting is not selfish and how goals can point you toward holiness. They explain bringing imperfect desires to God so those wants get refined. Practical tips for turning abstract virtues into measurable steps are shared. Listeners get concrete methods for breaking big goals into manageable pieces and imagining better responses in daily life.
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Goal Setting Is A Catholic Practice
- Goal setting is natural and Catholic, serving as milestones on the path to the ultimate goal of seeing God face to face.
- Matt links goals to sanctity, citing Archbishop Fulton Sheen and St. Thomas Aquinas to normalize pursuing destinations in spiritual growth.
Offer Your Desires For Transformation
- Treat your desires like the offertory: bring your raw bread and wine to God so He can transform them.
- Erin and Matt emphasize surrendering imperfect desires to be divinized rather than hiding them from God.
Course Idea Paused Then Refined By God
- Erin shared creating a coaching certification she felt was premature, then surrendered it and allowed God to refine the idea.
- After delaying, the revised program better matched their strengths and produced stronger fruit in their Purgative Way program.