Forget Making New Year Resolutions Goal Setting Works Best!
I mean it! Why bother making a New Year resolution which you probably made after midnight when you had way too many French bubbles. You know you will never stick to a New Year resolution and giving yourself a year to do it is a little to open ended for my liking. “Did you really say you were going to lose weight?” What were you thinking that made you make that unthinkable resolution in the first place? You might be very keen in the first week or two or even for a couple of months. A year just seems like such a long time. Wouldn’t you prefer to see your goals become a reality in a shorter amount of time? By setting smaller goals your target will seem a little easier to reach and not seem like such a big event to tackle.
For instance instead of saying “I will lose all my excess weight by 2012” try chopping it into smaller sections and setting smaller goals and then reach for those goals by your given period of time… say in 90 days I would have lost 10 Kilo’s or whatever you think is achievable.
I have never in my 50 years made a New Year’s Resolution. Not that I don’t love a good challenge…. I just prefer to set my challenges into small chunks so they are easier to reach. No matter how large or how small your goal is, if you set yourself smaller achievable time zones you are sure to make your goals a reality. So, setting your goals in smaller segments and reaching them within a certain time period will help you manage your life throughout the coming year, with an open heart and an open mind and no restrictions. Reach your goal, set a new one and so on… will find yourself achieving right throughout the year which means you will be more productive in your business.
The New Year’s Resolution Alternative – Goal setting
As a rule, I set a group of small realistic goals to reach within a 90 day period and I recommend you try this yourself as an alternative to a pressure laden New Year resolution. You can use these goal creation strategies or just bits and pieces of them or of course create your own strategies. You must have specific goals that you can work towards because if you aim at nothing, you’ll accomplish nothing.
#1. Write down your 90 day goals, where you are going to be by April 2011. You should write down different types of goals such as monetary goals, skill goals and personal growth goals.
#2. When writing down your goals write them in the present tense, e.g. SKILLS – By April 1st I have learnt to generate 15 leads a day using banner advertising. Or, I have 10 new videos up on Youtube….. Monetary – I am making $5,000 per month in my primary business. Personal growth – By April 1st I’ve read e.g. The E-Myth, The Travellers Gift Or by April 1st I have mustered up the confidence to hand in my letter of resignation to my boss.
Put a plan into action where you spend a set amount of time each day working on your goals. For instance, don’t check your email first thing in the morning, instead make this the time to work on your goals. Once this is done first thing in the morning you will already feel you have achieved and will set your day off to a great start.
Your goals can be adjusted during the 90 day period if needed. Perhaps you bit off more than you can chew with your goals or didn’t make your goals large enough. Things happen in life as you go forward, so adjust your goals to suit your life.
Be sure to continuously take action, step by step, day by day following your goals exactly as you planned them……. this way you WILL reach your goals, guaranteed!
May you have a wonderful 2011!
What strategies do you use for setting and reaching goals throughout the year?
Share your own goal setting strategies with my readers in the comment box below.
To change one’s life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions. – William James
You might think this is rather a strange post for me to put on my business blog, there was something on my mind I just had to share. I hope you get where I’m coming from.
A lot happens in our life where we make choices that don’t always turn out for the best at that particular time. I’m talking about the choices we make in business and our personal life. e.g. why do some people keep going from one bad relationship to another, is it because this is all they know? There must come a time in your life when you realise that this is just leading you to something better, so you change what you do in regard to making better choices for yourself. Sometimes it takes years to get these things right in our life and for some it just never happens at all.
When your life doesn’t turn out the way you think it should, why do you think this happens? Because you haven’t made the right choices on the way through that would have bought you to where you wanted to be today. Truthfully, you don’t really ever know if the choices you are making at the time are good ones or bad until you actually get there. However, if you believe in yourself and have faith things will turn out, because of the choices you make in your life.
I believe our life is mapped out for us and we are in control of the steering wheel. Depending on which way we turn when the time comes, results in the wrong or the right choices for us. If you make these turns in life relying on your values, ethics and beliefs you will nearly always end up just where you want to be or are supposed to be.
Why am I telling you this? Well at the ripe young age of 50 my life is exactly where I want it to be and I’m truly grateful for the wonderful people in my life, personal and business. No, I haven’t made my first million yet but am proud that at least I know how to make my first million. I am surrounded by my two sons, my wonderful partner and a wonderful entrepreneurial mother that has been such a great support to me over the years.
Two years ago I made a choice that I never wanted to work for anyone ever again. When people don’t share your ethical values in your workplace it really does make it difficult to keep getting out of bed each day just for the money. Most importantly, you should never compromise your own ethical standards and the values you hold most important to you. When you surround yourself with people that have the same standards and ethical values that you share, this is when you really start seeing results in your business and personal life.
When I made thatchoice 2 years ago, I joined a group of entrepreneurs that have totally changed my life and who are totally in tune with my ethical values. You know, this business is not all about the money, it’s also about gratitude, sharing, growing, support, building great friendships while at the same time building your business and knowing that there is always someone there that has been where you are.
It is truly possible to have what you want when you make the right choices and steer yourself in the right direction, stand by your values and ethics and empower others to make the right decisions, you can’t go wrong.
There is no link for you to click and no optin box to fill in.
Just know that the decisions and choices you make today are the ones that will change your future path in life… so make your decisions wisely and don’t be afraid of change. Remember it’s your choice!
Happy Christmas from my family to yours and here’s to a prosperous 2011!!
I have a feeling it’s going to be a great year.
Warm regards,
P.S. I would love to hear your thoughts on this post in the comments below and feel free to share it with your team via facebook and twitter.
It’s a common fact in the network marketing industry that fear of change and being able to move forward in your business is often brought on by the fact that FEAR and FEAR of CHANGE holds you back from reaching your full potential.
FEAR OF CHANGE really can be your worst enemy.
I know that most of you want to move forward and if you can just start thinking outside the box and start living the life you want, having the income you deserve and the best lifestyle for your family, children, grandchildren and those you love, all you have to do is change the way you think about moving forward, put fear behind you.
YOU CAN DO IT!!! What makes you any different to me? I’m a mum, a partner, a daughter an ex-partner … lol. I have to pay my bills just like any one of you do. My life was once, not much different to yours Once you put your fears aside and know that you truly can make changes in your life for the better this is when you will Choose to reach high and stop worrying about what others think of you. Choose to be fearless and reach high change the way you think and you will start taking different actions in your life!
I chose to put Fear aside, I chose to have a better lifestyle for my children and my family. I chose success, it didn’t choose me.
You are the only one that can make these changes in your life…..
WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE?!
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Make the change you want to be, TODAY by taking your future into your own hands.
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It’s Monday here in Australia and I woke this morning feelling grateful that I don’t have to get up and go and work for someone else. Taking that 1st step to firing your boss is not always easy but when you do, it can be life changing.
If your still making someone else rich perhaps what I am about to tell you might just change your mind about next Monday morning.
The simple fact is that you are probably like most people, underpaid, over worked and overloaded with credit card debt. I know, because I’ve been there! The reason you are in this position is because you are relying on someone else to build your future. While you have a family to provide for, bills to pay and an overloaded credit card you are going to keep going back to work every Monday morning because you want what your job gives you, MONEY!
Is this enough for you?
No, of course it’s not and you know it, but you keep plodding along, turning up every Monday morning knowing you will walk away at the end of the week with the same amount of money with the same family commitments, the same bills to pay and the same credit card debt hanging like a noose around your neck nothing will change. The reason you have credit card debt in the first place is the same reason most people have credit card debt. Your income doesn’t cover your cost of living.
Are You Undervalued?
If the above sounds familiar, you need to start making some decisions to take control of your financial situation. Your under payed job has you by the short and curly’s to put it bluntly! You know you will keep going back every Monday morning because you need your pay packet at the end of the week. What if this was to change? What if you made the kind of income you are truly worth? How would life change for you and your family? How do you think it would make you feel to go in one Monday morning and fire your boss.
Many people will plod along in life working for someone else, making someone else rich. Others will make a decision to make the choice to take action and change their current situation knowing it will never change unless they change.
Take Control of your Future
Incorporate some discipline into your life and start implementing positive changes for your future. Start earning the income you deserve and stop selling yourself short. You know you can do whatever you put your mind to, you just need to set your goals and follow them. File your financial past and your mistakes where they belong, in the past!
Imagine you have two filing cabinets in the first one you file everything from the past and in the other one you file everything you would like for the future. If you go back to the past file you will just keep repeating your old ways. Don’t open that draw again if you want to change. Fill up your future filing cabinet with all your ongoing goals and open this draw on a regular basis to remind yourself where you are heading and keep yourself on track.
Dreams are like stars if you follow them they will lead to your destiny. I know this sounds a little corny but it really does work if you have the determination to change your destiny.
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An Inspiration from the past the turned my day around!
My day didn’t really get off to a great start. Which I suppose is really par for the course when you have two boys one 10 years old and the other bording on Adolescents! Someone Help Me! However, I have the mindset of a rock and nothing will stop me especially when it comes to helping others and sharing what I learn. This truely is a great inspiration for me.
Earl Nightingale
I share with you today an email I recieved from Diana Nightingale, inspirational Author and the wife of the late legend Earl Nightingale.
Every year in March Diana shares some inspiration of her late husband on the anniversary of his passing. This was the first thing I read this morning in Diana’s email to me.
It’s been 21 years since Earl Nightingale completed his “holiday on Earth” and begin his eternal life!
Remembering
Each March since Earl’s passing I have brought out new programs or messages of his as a tribute to his life and his work. This year, however, I have been overwhelmed with a move from one location to another and suddenly this date was upon me with no new message to offer.
While mostly alone in my efforts these past weeks, I have felt the very strong presence of Earl at my side and this morning I was surprised and delighted to receive an email from someone which contained “a message from Earl”. “Now I have something to share with the others,” I thought. So here it is – a message from Earl reminding me and you what we need to have in order to carry on from day to day in this, ever-changing world.
For me this message was a reminder that Yes, we change and that raising my children is just a part of this change and sometimes a lot to endure. However, a message that reminded me why I do what I do, why I share with others that are just waiting for that heat to apprear from the fire. We all have the fuel inside us hiding somewhere and if you start throwing large quanties of fuel on the fire you are sure to find that spark within you that will make your fire blaze!
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