Hello and welcome to my blog, I really hope you enjoy it.
Over the coming weeks and months I’ll be sharing my thoughts with you on a range of topics, but usually related to my special interests, which are:
Personal success and making the most of every second we have to achieve that success. I’d love to know what you think so please do leave your comments.
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New Year’s Resolutions
To kick off the New Year I’ve been thinking about New Year’s resolutions. I have to admit that I’ve never had much success with these. I’ve made plenty over the years and they were usually things that I’d dreamt up in the early hours of New Year’s Day after a few celebratory beverages. Needless to say I rarely achieved them, as in the sober light of day they tended to be about things that weren’t really that important to me.
So, by all means make New Year’s resolutions but make sure they’re the right ones. There’s nothing more demoralising than making a long list of things you want to do and then failing to achieve any of them.
My three top tips for reducing the risk of failure if you decide to set some New Year’s resolutions are:
- Focus on things that are really important to you and will make a big difference when you achieve them. This will help you maintain your momentum. On a scale of 1 to 10 how committed are you to achieving it? If you don’t score it as a 10 the chances are that you won’t achieve it – what could you do to make it a 10?
- Make sure that they are consistent with your personal values. You’ll quickly lose motivation if they’re not. For example you might say that you’re going to join a gym and get fit, but find that at the times when you are able to visit the gym (say, first thing in the morning, or after work) that you’d rather do other things (like spending time with your family)
- Be realistic about timescales. Most of us tend to be wildly optimistic about how long it will take to achieve things so take some time to think through what will be involved. And when you think you’ve worked out how long it will take, add a bit more time on for the unexpected events that always happen.
Whether or not you decide to set yourself some New Year’s resolutions I wish you a happy, healthy and successful 2012.
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