I love it when a big goal moves beyond “if” to “how.”

When you reach that point, it feels like you’re at the top of a steep hill, ready for a challenging downhill run. At the “how” point – even with much work ahead – momentum is finally on your side.

Until you reach that summit – until everyone believes in the certainty of the outcome, and agrees on the ways you’ll go, and know you’re still on the path to the destination? Until that time, it’s a challenging uphill climb of belief-building or belief-changing.

Does that sound familiar to you?

With an important goal in your own life, or for your team:

1. Which side of that steep hill are you on?

2. If you’re on the uphill climb, how can you accelerate it?

3. If you’re on the downhill run, how can you reduce the risks and make success more certain, or make the process more memorable, more fun?