Happy New Year...Here's to 2006!
Why do so many people talk of, and even admit to, making New Year's resolutions when almost none of them will be kept?
A resolution is defined as "the state or quality of being resolute; firm determination. Resolving to do something…" Is it a self-defeating prophesy or just an empty wish? It's a mystery. Or at the very least, a paradox. It's not a resolute or firm determination, as much as a leftover list for Santa just in case he might want to bring us something before next Christmas.
Each year, many people set resolutions for the new year. It's often a giddy declaration of lost weight, better jobs, more wealth, controlled spending, and healthier habits. Many are broken and forgotten before the ink dries, if they are recorded in writing at all. This is often because the goals are set without full consideration and without any planning for their achievement. These resolutions are important to those who made them, but without a clear path old patters quickly resume. Knowing how to set effective goals for the new year can
help create more lasting results and lead to the self-improvement and greater wealth so many seek.
What if we resolved to make better choices and better decisions?
What if…there were a whole new way to get to your destination?
To do this, or become that? As many studies and statistics as there are to support that resolutions just don't hold water or help us develop the habits that lead to what we say it is we want, there are equally as many supporting the fact that many people, in fact most people, don't set goals.
Effective goals are more than just thinking or stating a "wish" out loud but actually taking a pen and paper and beginning the process. Success in any endeavor has substantial evidence that it is a process. If success is a journey then why can't we get better directions? And why our repeated failures with resolutions and goals?"
The reasons are simple…
1. Most people actually expect not to keep a resolution
2. Most don't know how to truly set goals or don't believe it matters
Goals are personal. Or should be. It's more about gaining an understanding of what it really means to have goals as a compass to take you in a specific direction or away from some undesirable destination. Of the small percentage of individuals who set goals (typically salespeople), it is often something that has been handed to them from someone else, seldom anything more than a number you must deliver. Ship this number of packages, make this number of sales, etc. Hidden in our everyday lives is the real truth. Architects know it. Coaches know it.
Builders and rocket scientists know it. Blueprints and game plans and models work. In short, work goals.
These six tips can help any goal setting exercise lead to more effective results.
1. Fix in the mind, the exact goal. One must be able to imagine what it will feel like to have achieved the goal. This is the mental picture which will provide the "compass" towards its attainment.
2. Determine exactly what will be done to achieve this goal.
3. Establish a date for when this goal will be achieved.
4. Create a detailed plan and take some action immediately.
5. Write out a clear statement of the goal.
6. Review the goal, preferably out loud, twice a day.
2005 has come and gone…It’s been a great year for myself and my family. Here’s to a new year with new opportunities for all of us!
A resolution is defined as "the state or quality of being resolute; firm determination. Resolving to do something…" Is it a self-defeating prophesy or just an empty wish? It's a mystery. Or at the very least, a paradox. It's not a resolute or firm determination, as much as a leftover list for Santa just in case he might want to bring us something before next Christmas.
help create more lasting results and lead to the self-improvement and greater wealth so many seek.
What if we resolved to make better choices and better decisions?
What if…there were a whole new way to get to your destination?
To do this, or become that? As many studies and statistics as there are to support that resolutions just don't hold water or help us develop the habits that lead to what we say it is we want, there are equally as many supporting the fact that many people, in fact most people, don't set goals.
Effective goals are more than just thinking or stating a "wish" out loud but actually taking a pen and paper and beginning the process. Success in any endeavor has substantial evidence that it is a process. If success is a journey then why can't we get better directions? And why our repeated failures with resolutions and goals?"
The reasons are simple…
1. Most people actually expect not to keep a resolution
2. Most don't know how to truly set goals or don't believe it matters
Goals are personal. Or should be. It's more about gaining an understanding of what it really means to have goals as a compass to take you in a specific direction or away from some undesirable destination. Of the small percentage of individuals who set goals (typically salespeople), it is often something that has been handed to them from someone else, seldom anything more than a number you must deliver. Ship this number of packages, make this number of sales, etc. Hidden in our everyday lives is the real truth. Architects know it. Coaches know it.
Builders and rocket scientists know it. Blueprints and game plans and models work. In short, work goals.
These six tips can help any goal setting exercise lead to more effective results.
1. Fix in the mind, the exact goal. One must be able to imagine what it will feel like to have achieved the goal. This is the mental picture which will provide the "compass" towards its attainment.
2. Determine exactly what will be done to achieve this goal.
3. Establish a date for when this goal will be achieved.
4. Create a detailed plan and take some action immediately.
5. Write out a clear statement of the goal.
6. Review the goal, preferably out loud, twice a day.
2005 has come and gone…It’s been a great year for myself and my family. Here’s to a new year with new opportunities for all of us!
Doug & Ronda Bauknight
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