 How to Achieve Your New Year's ResolutionsJanuary 10, 2008 Have you made any resolutions for the New Year? Many people have. Unfortunately, most of the resolutions that people make each New Year never are achieved. A celebrity was asked on New Year's Eve if he had made any resolutions for the upcoming year. "Yes, I always start the year with new resolutions," he said. Then he laughed. "And then in a few weeks I blow them off. I can't even remember what my resolutions were for last year." When you make a resolution, you are making a decision and expressing it to yourself and perhaps others. An example is "I am going to exercise, eat better, lose weight, and get in shape this year." Resolutions like this are a good starting point. The shortcoming, and the reason so many resolutions never are realized, is that a decision alone does not necessarily translate into a goal with a plan and actions to implement the plan and produce results. Your goals are specific wants you are committed to pursuing and achieving at or during a specific time. Your hopes, desires, dreams, aspirations, fantasies, intentions, wishful thoughts, and New Year's resolutions are not goals. They are only passing considerations until you transform your thoughts into clear and specific results, make the commitment to attain those results, set deadlines to achieve those results, and then develop and implement plans to produce those results. It is only when you make a commitment and start taking action toward specific targets that your wants and resolutions begin to become your goals. This is a simple concept, but many people do not understand it. They have hopes, dreams, and resolutions, and often speak of these wishful thoughts as though they are goals. However, a dream is just a dream. A resolution is just a resolution. Dreams and resolutions do not require a commitment, action, effort, results, or accountability. Goals on the other hand, are serious commitments that require action, effort, results, and accountability. Five Steps to Success If you want to attain your New Year's resolutions here are five steps to follow:
The Moral of the Story The moral of the story here is twofold. First, it is never too late to start fresh and make progress. Regardless of where you are on your New Year's resolutions, you can get on track and achieve them. Second, if you want to achieve something you have not achieved before, you are going to have to do something you have not done before. If you have made any New Year's resolutions to achieve results you have not been able to achieve in the past, it is time to transform those resolutions into goals with plans and commitments and start taking action to achieve them. SlimWrite System for Health and Fitness Goals and Results If any of your resolutions and goals relate to health, diet, exercise, and fitness, you may be interested in the SlimWrite (tm) System I created for establishing and managing healthy exercise and eating habits. This system works for me and others and it may be just what you need. To learn more, please visit our website. Thank you for your interest in our work and for your business. Best wishes for a great 2008. Sincerely, |
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