New Year Resolution

For the last couple of months we have been equipping our readers with “cost saving ideas”.  In this blog we would like to educate our readers on a seasonal journey that 45% of us take but 70% fail to finish.  That is the “New Year Resolution”….Why is that? What makes it so difficult? Is it unattainable goals? How about unfair expectations?

Even though we may never know the whole “why” people don’t accomplish the resolution let us look at some steps on what you can do.

Step X: Begin with the end in mind......Maybe your end goal is to make 6 figures. This is a great place to start. Now let’s work from the end to the present and what has to happen for your end goal to be objected.  This will usually mean the steps you need to take to get there. Be wary of putting a time stamp on your end goal till you realize all the steps you need to reach first. Maybe you need more education, a better business plan,  a different career path or more confidence.  Each one of these could take months even years to complete, so making a resolution to make 6 figures and then wanting to do that by years end could be lost the second week of the year when you realize just how long it could take. (goal setting worksheet) or (personal budget)

Step X: Find help……An accountability partner is a must, someone who can take the 3^rd person point of view and can be honest with you.  Athletes are an easy example of this, particularly non team sports like tennis or golf.  We feel, the responsibility of a coach is to EDUCATE, EQUIP and INSPIRE individuals to the goal. Without a coach just how good are some of the greatest golfers/tennis stars?  Would they ever accomplish their dreams?

Step X: Stay positive……Certainly having a plan to reach your resolution and working with a coach/accountability partner will make it easier to stay positive but this step, like the weight baring beams in a building need to be strong. Your own belief in not just the outcome but process will be your track to success. The world itself has the task of bring you down with the events that continually take place, but your ability to move past and trusting your process will be a vital step. 

Step X: Take action……If you haven’t noticed the steps are not numbered because for each individual these steps will come as needed.  Some of us need a coach to help create the goal setting process.  Maybe just staying positive is the first step so that we can focus properly on creating the right goals. The “Take action” step (see previous blog) needs to be instituted throughout the process. 

We apologize for the long blog; We broke our first rule of keeping things short. Hopefully the second rule of interesting was not lost in the length of the blog.  With that said no New Year Resolution is going to determine ones success, as success is judged only by looking in the mirror. This blog is meant to guide you to the place that you want to be and to let you know that if you set and plan New Year resolutions like no one else you can accomplish them like no one else.