Well, I just finished writing down my resolutions for 2007 and I'm about to start typing the resolutions my kids made today. We help each other with our intentions throughout the year. I though it would be appropriate to repeat my post from this time last year:
I love making New Year resolutions! Then again, I would be a strange life coach if I didn't have fun imagining a better life and making resolutions to realize those dreams. Do you enjoy making goals to improve your life? Only 33% of all Americans set goals for their lives. Few of the New Year resolutions are ever achieved. Here are a few simple tips to ensure your New Year resolutions stick...
1. Write your resolutions down. Only 3% of the people that make goals ever write them down.
2. Keep the number of goals low. Try to make between four to seven goals. Out of these, only have one or two truly transformational goals.
3. Share your goals with loved ones that can encourage and challenge you.
4. Keep your resolutions balanced: spiritual, vocational, emotional (love/friendship), and physical (incl. home & money). Some people make all the goals in one area, mostly physical, but life is more than that and they can't concentrate so much energy in one area.
5. Think about how you may monitor your progress. How would you know that you are achieving what you want to achieve? This is one of the most important things to help with self-discipline, but only 1% of the people who make goals, monitor their progress. You usually improve what you measure.
6. Write your resolutions in confident, present-tense, and positive ways. Avoid things like "stop eating chocolate" or it will backfire and you will obsess about chocolate.
7. Finally, know the difference between transformational goals or event goals. Event goals are things like clean and organize the garage, go on retreat, sign up to volunteer at the hospital. Transformational goals are things like changing career or jobs, improving your health, losing weight, or increasing your happiness. First, these take a lot of energy so you want to have one or two of these. Second, they require more thought to understand what the drivers are and how do they fit with the rest of your life.
Happy and blessed 2007!
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A life coach that doesn't like making goals? Now THERE'S an oxymoron!
Happy New Year, Hector! I'm going to take your advice and spread mine out between each different component. Balance, I have learned the hard way, is the key!
Posted by: HeyJules | January 02, 2007 at 08:34 AM
Happy New Year Jules!
Posted by: Hector | January 02, 2007 at 09:18 AM
I made them. But I'm not posting them. Well, maybe I'll post them later....
Posted by: patti | January 03, 2007 at 09:27 PM