--- title: Are you on track to achieve your goals?  (Part 1) description: Progress Check to make sure you are on track to achieve your goals so far this year! Check out these resources! image: https://www.ringresults.com/hubfs/13959088_s.jpg --- - [BLOG](https://www.ringresults.com/blog) - [CONTACT](https://www.ringresults.com/contact-us) [![ring results (1)-1](https://www.ringresults.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ring%20results%20(1)-1.png?width=350&height=187&name=ring%20results%20(1)-1.png) ![ring results logo-1](https://www.ringresults.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ring%20results%20logo-1.png?width=200&height=107&name=ring%20results%20logo-1.png)](https://www.ringresults.com) - [ABOUT DIANE](https://www.ringresults.com/about) - SERVICES - [INDIVIDUAL & TEAM COACHING](https://www.ringresults.com/individual-and-team-coaching) - [EXECUTIVE COACHING](https://www.ringresults.com/executive-coaching) - [TEAM DEVELOPMENT](https://www.ringresults.com/team-development) - [EnneaEDGE™](https://www.ringresults.com/enneaedge) - [ENNEAGRAM](https://www.ringresults.com/enneagram) - [CORE GIFT DISCOVERY](https://www.ringresults.com/core-gift-discovery) - [ABOUT DIANE](https://www.ringresults.com/about) - SERVICES - [INDIVIDUAL & TEAM COACHING](https://www.ringresults.com/individual-and-team-coaching) - [EXECUTIVE COACHING](https://www.ringresults.com/executive-coaching) - [TEAM DEVELOPMENT](https://www.ringresults.com/team-development) - [EnneaEDGE™](https://www.ringresults.com/enneaedge) - [ENNEAGRAM](https://www.ringresults.com/enneagram) - [CORE GIFT DISCOVERY](https://www.ringresults.com/core-gift-discovery) - CONTACT - [BLOG](https://www.hubspothero.com/support) ###### 2 min read # Are you on track to achieve your goals?  (Part 1) By: [Diane Ring](https://www.ringresults.com/blog/author/diane-ring) on March 08, 2021 [Motivate employees](https://www.ringresults.com/blog/topic/motivate-employees) [Productivity](https://www.ringresults.com/blog/topic/productivity) [Leadership Development](https://www.ringresults.com/blog/topic/leadership-development) [Inspiration](https://www.ringresults.com/blog/topic/inspiration) ![Featured Image](https://www.ringresults.com/hubfs/13959088_s.jpg) With one month of 2016 already behind us, it is a good time to ask how well you are moving toward your goals for the year.  If you aren’t quite on track, this blog is for you. ## **Do you have the right structure in place?**  I [wrote](http://blog.ringresults.com/your-end-of-year-checklist-set-yourself-up-for-greater-success-in-2016) about some techniques for setting yourself up for success by using set of active reflection questions focused on the most important things we want to see in our life through Marshall [Goldsmith’s daily reflection advice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nVMkh6sYq4).  Goldsmith says, “We do not get better without structure.”  The key is choosing the right structure for you.  ## **Are you caught in some lies?**  Another guru in the productivity space, Gary Keller, author of the best seller, [The One Thing](https://ringresults.com/why-focus-is-easier-said-than-done-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/) offers this advice.  Keller says, “The challenge we all face when forming our success strategies is that success has its own lies, too. If we’re going to maximize our potential, we’re going to have to make sure we put these lies to bed.”  ## Are you buying into any of the 6 lies Keller writes about? - Everything matters equally - Multitasking - A disciplined life - Willpower is always on will call - A balanced life - Big is bad On a personal note, after attending The One Thing workshop, I realized that I was setting some of my Upper Limits about growing my business by holding onto the story that “Big is bad.”  I feared that by developing my website to reflect the full range of services that I can offer, I might actually get projects that were bigger than I could handle.  This was definitely an eye opener for me and helped me do some things differently to get out of my own way.  ## **Is your inner story** holding **you back?**  I recently came across another angle to think about what could be interfering with your productivity.  It’s called the “Upper Limit” problem. In his book, [The Big Leap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJXTrpjYO7A), Gay Hendricks explains the Upper Limit Problem as a syndrome most of us experience of creating our own internal glass ceiling.  He says, **“**Each of us has an inner thermostat setting that determines how much love, success, and creativity we allow ourselves to enjoy. When we exceed our inner thermostat setting, we will often do something to sabotage ourselves, causing us to drop back into the old, familiar zone where we feel secure.”  The upper limit of our setting becomes our own internal glass ceiling and without consciously realizing it, we give ourselves limits to how successful we will allow ourselves to be.  These limits become beliefs that we then act out in ways to ensure we stay within our self prescribed and allegedly, safe limits.    ## Success is not defined by one month.  If you are already sensing you could get off track, give these ideas a good look.  In part 2, I will submit some ideas for how to do some inner work and transcend the beliefs holding you back from being all you can be. ***Are you on track to achieve your goals? Tell us below!*** - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ###### 3 min read #### [How to Improve Leadership Skills in Real Time (Not Just in Training)](https://www.ringresults.com/blog/how-to-improve-leadership-skills-in-real-time-not-just-in-training) Jun 1, 2026by Diane Ring Most leadership development happens outside of the daily work. In workshops, offsites, assessments. Leaders step... ###### 3 min read #### [Why Leaders Get Stuck in Difficult Conversations (and What’s Really Happening)](https://www.ringresults.com/blog/why-leaders-get-stuck-in-difficult-conversations) Jun 1, 2026by Diane Ring Most leadership challenges don’t come from a lack of knowledge. They come from moments. Especially moments where a... ###### 3 min read #### [Why Self-Awareness Isn’t Enough to Improve Leadership](https://www.ringresults.com/blog/self-awareness-not-enough-leadership) Jun 1, 2026by Diane Ring Many leaders want to improve their leadership skills—but find that self-awareness alone isn’t enough to change... ##### ACCREDITATION ACCREDITATION [![iEQ9-AccreditedPrac-logo-white-sm](https://www.ringresults.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/accreditations/iEQ9-AccreditedPrac-logo-white-sm.jpg?width=130&name=iEQ9-AccreditedPrac-logo-white-sm.jpg)](https://www.integrative9.com/ieq9products/ieq9-practitioner-accreditation/)      ##### CONTACT CONTACT Diane Ring [diane@ringresults.com](mailto:diane@ringresults.com) 586.942.5085 Austin, TX ##### CONNECT CONNECT [![ring results (1)-1](https://www.ringresults.com/hubfs/Images/branded-assets/ring%20results%20(1)-1.png)](https://www.ringresults.com) - [Privacy Policy](https://www.ringresults.com/privacy-policy) - [Disclaimers](https://www.ringresults.com/disclaimers) © 2026 Copyright 2023. 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