We’re all about turning our can’ts into cans and dreams into plans (ahem, goals).  We got Jenna, our superstar goal coach, to host a live goal-coaching session with our socialsphere. Missed the event? NBD. Here’s a recap and Jenna’s own recipe for creating a life you love.

what would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?

… I’d move across the ocean.

To make it happen, ensure that you always include a 'by-when' date. For example, 'I move across the ocean by September 2020'. It gives you the commitment and puts a stake in the ground. Without it, it's not actually a goal.

…I’d get back to my goal weight. I am always so tired after a long day of work. What can I do to get that motivation and energy to work out?

You want to get back to something that you were before. I recommend letting go of the past and creating a brand new future that serves you for all that you are. Start with a commitment for next week and let that be enough.

…I’d have my own show on the travel channel but I’m afraid of starting the process... finding connections... putting myself/my idea out there for criticism... and being "TV” ready.

You've just written all your goals! Set some by-whens. "I'll start the process by X.” "I'll make five connections by X.” "I've completed classes or coaching by X to be TV ready." As for criticism, we don't reach our goals without criticism. Share your goals with people who love you and support you and listen to them.

…I’d move to Manitoba with my boyfriend. What's stopping me? Possibly school and what if it doesn't work out and I'm alone in Manitoba?

"If you don't like where you are, change it - you're not a tree." You can set a new goal for a new location. Change is constant.

no time? no money? no more excuses.

I'm struggling to find balance in my life between yoga, work, school, kids, friends, husband, etc...

Writing vision and goals are designed to create balance in your life. It's the framework that ensures all areas that are important to us are fulfilled and manifested.

I would love to go to yoga teacher training but money is a constraint.

Determine the teacher training program you want to do, figure out how much it's going to cost and give yourself the time and space to make that money and save it for what you know is most important - your teacher training.

I want to create a routine where I work out 3 times a week. I used to do yoga 3 times per week and I loved it; now I am not making myself a priority because I am so drained with my job. Sometimes, I would just rather do art but when I do my yoga I feel more balanced. I guess I just would like to feel more motivated when I don't feel like doing what I know to be good for me. A kick in the pants is what I need sometimes!

Put your three classes in your schedule for next week before you go to bed tonight. And then don't make anything more important than going to those classes. Consider this your kick in the pants!

I need to pass my calculus class but it's too hard to focus. I work full time, try to work out and I also have to find time to have a life. It's just hard to focus on that class especially because I'm not very good at math.

Is your calculus test soon? It may require you to work out less, work less or sleep less for the time being – whatever it takes to pass. Then you can get back to doing the things you love… and maybe don't take calculus anymore!

I’d love to make a career change. What's holding me back is money.  I'm used to making a certain amount and my bills won't pay themselves.

Did you know that you'd probably end up making more if you were in a job you loved? Set some goals to map it out. You've only got one life.

I’d love to be a social work officer and help my troops with PTSD. Fear of rejection is a powerful enemy in applying to schools. Have any tips?

The fear doesn't go away by not doing it, the fear goes away by facing it.

I want to return to softball with a fully strengthened knee from a surgery I had a year ago. Holding me back? Time, there’s just too little of it.

Lack of time is an illusion; every human has the same amount of it in a day. Our power is in how we choose to use our time.

get going on goals

Here are a few resources to get your goals going!

• get down to the nitty gritty – how to create a vision and set your goals

• do it now! do it now! – our goal setting sheet

Goal setting is all about creating a life you love. It's not about being better or more. Create a vision of your ideal life and set goals to get you there. We dare you to be great.

what's the goal of goal week?

Goal-setting 101. Goal sharing. Goal coaching. Goosebumps.

what to expect

Each day we'll be sharing goal-setting stories and tips to inspire and help you create meaningful goals that work for you. You'll hear from both goal setters and coachers across our company. We're going to give you the tools that we use here at lululemon.

how to get the most out of goal week

We want to hear from you. Leave us a comment. Come to our Ask a Goal Coacher... Live! event on Facebook (Sept. 8th at 4 pm.). Share your goals with others and ask them what their goals are.

the goal week schedule

Day 1: Welcome
Time to get your goal setting self in order! The goal of today is to get you thinking about the importance of goal setting. Whether you've never set goals before or are an avid goal setter, there'll be a part of Goal Week that means something to you. Hear from lululemon founder, Chip Wilson, on why he personally goal sets and how he got started being a goal setter.

Day 2: What is a goal?
Today's all about giving you the lay of goal-setting land. What exactly is a goal, and why do we set them? Learn how Carolyn, our Digital Innovation Manager, sets goals, and Kerry from Strategic Sales talks about creating the space for yourself to imagine.

Days 3 & 4: Dream, dream, dream
It's the weekend, so while you're in Saturday morning savasana spend your weekend dreaming, getting inspired, and thinking about what your ideal life looks like in 10 years. We've got some arts and crafts ideas for helping you figure this out.

Day 5: Create
After a weekend of creating possibilities for your best life ever, it's time to get down and dirty with your goals and fill your goal sheets in. Julie, our U.S. Training Manager, talks about goal setting and how to be a goal coacher.

Day 6: Put your goals out there
Something special happens when you share your goals. Learn more about the importance of sharing. Sara, our Director of Ecommerce Operations, shares her personal adventure in goal-setting and what holds her accountable.

Day 7: Love your failures
Learn why failing is important and come to our Ask a Goal Coacher...live! event with Matt, goal coacher extraordinaire, who will be answering your questions about goal setting on our Facebook wall for one hour starting at 4 pm PST. We're also going to check in with two of our BHAGs from June on this day and talk about the part of goal-setting that happens after you've filled out your goal sheet and hear how goal setting changed Ava's career direction.

related reading

Here are two blog posts about goal-setting to help get you in the goal-setting mood:

1. 30 Seconds to Change Your Life: "Setting goals has always been a love of mine. It gave me direction and purpose. More than once I have set my sights on big targets and wonder why, so close to getting it, it didn’t work out." read more >>
- Jenna, Online Community Educator at the Guest Education Centre

2. Got Goals? "We don’t take goals lightly at lululemon. Even though my skeptic soul tries to resist, when you set a goal and write it down on a piece of paper, you start working towards that very goal and you either achieve it or it leads you anew." read more >>
- Whitney, Social Media Specialist at the Store Support Centre

what's next?

We're here to support you on your journey in goal setting. Ask questions. Give us feedback. Leave a comment. Let's do this!

My favourite part of goal setting is envisioning my life in 10 years. After my first goal-coaching session, I sat down with my notes and wrote out a paragraph about what my life looked like in 10 years. WHOA! Right away, I realized that this vision of Future Desirae's life was the missing ingredient in my previous attempts at goal setting. Having a personal, present tense paragraph about my life in 10 years at the top of my goal sheet was the extra spark of inspiration and motivation that got me hooked on goal setting.

Desirae's most recent vision board, as seen hanging on her bedroom wall! Can you spot two yoga poses and her favourite breakfast food?

Now, don't get me wrong -- I love that paragraph as much as I did the first time I sat down to write it, but I've been introduced to another visualization technique that has taken my goal setting (and my bedroom wall!) to the next level: vision boards! I've also heard them called dream maps or just plain old collages, but no matter what you call them, I'm hooked. The concept behind a vision board is the same as a paragraph about your life in one, five or 10 years, but instead of words, you're working with images, which is perfect for a visual learner like me!

how to create a vision board:

1. Find pictures of things, people, places and activities you want in your life. I like to sit down with a stack of magazines (Yoga Journal, O Magazine andW omen's Health always make the cut), some scissors and an afternoon off.

2. Tear out any pictures that resonate with you - some of my favourites include pictures of healthy food, challenging yoga poses, beaches, smiles and books. Once you've created a really big, inspiring mess, it's time for scissors and tape!

3. Grab a bristol board and start arranging all of your photos into a collage.

The end result should be a mish-mash of all of the amazing things you see for yourself in the near or distant future.

As a finishing touch, I like to tie my vision board back to the goals I've set for myself, so I toss some of them on there for good measure. All you need for this last step is a sheet of white paper and something to write with. Just jot down some of your goals, cut them out and add them to the collage! At this point, you not only have an exciting visual representation of your future life, you also have a pretty amazing piece of art to hang on your wall.

And let's be serious, who doesn't love a good arts and crafts session?

We don’t take goals lightly at lululemon. Even though my skeptic soul tries to resist, when you set a goal and write it down on a piece of paper, you start working towards that very goal and you either achieve it or it leads you anew.

When I first began working for lululemon a year ago, I thought, "Okay cool, we will set some goals, kill some time, get everyone fired up for our store’s opening, yeah okay I will play along." But then as I sat down for my first goal coaching session, I realized that everyone was being sincere. They really wanted to hear what I wanted from life and how they could support me. I then started writing and achieving goals of my own.

Our wonderful store in La Jolla, California is filled with exceptional people with equally outstanding goals. People who helped me to run a half marathon, feel fantastic and in shape on my wedding day, continue to support my creative goals and nag me daily about my progress on writing and finishing my first book by February 2010.

We recently sat down as a store to revisit our goals. As a way to support not only our educators but also those of our amazing community, we have created a new goal board wall, complete with Facebook “Goal Profile Boards”. We constantly find in our store that our own individual goals often cross paths with those of our guests. In an effort to support our guest's goals and our own, our store has set a BHAG (big hairy and audacious goal) of creating a goal-fostering community on our Facebook wall.

La Jolla BHAG: By our one-year anniversary on October 3, 2009 our Facebook wall has at least 500 goal posts from our educators and fans.

So come one, come all, goals that are big, goals that are small! Don’t be scared, lock that goal down and post it on our Facebook wall! Our educators will be posting their own goals, and we hope our guests will join in the fun so that we can support each other. You can post a goal for the day, for the week, for the year, ANYTHING!! If anyone has any goals in running and paces at a speedy 10-minute mile or slower, I am your girl - let’s hit the trails together!

Here are just a few of our La Jolla educators’ goals:

Meaghan in August 2010 has taken a month off to travel to a foreign country.
Julie in October 2009 sells her yoga mat sprays in all lululemon stores.
Gabe in August 2014 has run the San Francisco Marathon.
Hollis in August 2012 owns her very own Bikram studio.
Susannah in August 2014 writes a monthly column for a health & fitness magazine.
Catherine in August 2013 is an adjunct professor in the business school at USD.
Charis in August 2010 has traveled to another country for a Tom’s shoe drop!
Whitney in February 2010 is a full-time member of the E-commerce & Online Community team at lululemon athletica.

Time to pull out that notebook, skeptic, and start penciling in some goals. Here are seven questions to get the ball rolling:

1. What are the eight things you value most in life?

2. In 30 seconds or less, write down the three most important goals in your life right now.

3. What would you do if you won $1 million?

4. What would you do if you only had six months to live?

5. What have you always wanted to do but have been afraid to attempt?

6. In looking back at all the things you’ve done, what gives you your greatest feeling of importance?

7. What one great thing would you dare to dream if you knew you could not fail?

Happy goal setting!!!