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How do you start the new year? With resolutions? Goals? A word (or 3) of the Year? Affirmations? A vision board?
I’ve done all of the above over the years, and can’t really say I have a favorite system…it all depends on what season of my life I’ve been in at the time.
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Do you find it a challenge to set goals for your business or personal life? Ideally, a goal should move you out of your comfort zone, but still be attainable. So use your answers to these 7 questions to make the goal-setting process more successful in your business and personal life.
This week’s quote is great advice from Brian Tracy:
All successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
It’s easy to have big dreams or big goals…the difficult task is to commit to working hard every day to reach those goals or dreams.
So how do we stay focused and committed when inevitable challenges arise?
And as Brian Tracy’s quote suggests, keep the dream alive and visualize yourself reaching it.
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The beginning of the month is a great time for setting new goals: you can turn the page of the calendar and begin a fresh start. Any frustration or disappointment from last month is behind you now. You can start the new month excited and committed to those new goals.
But sometimes…life happens. Kids get sick, the washing machine breaks, family comes to town unexpectedly and before you know it, you are losing your enthusiasm; you consider putting your goals “on hold”.
The important thing is to not give up! Here are 4 quick tips to help:
Make a goal poster or vision board and look at it every day. Include positive quotes and affirmations along with specific actions steps to take.
Find a mentor or colleague who will hold you accountable and communicate with him or her on a regular basis. I find that emailing an accountability “buddy” on a regular basis helps me stay on track.
If your children are old enough, explain to them how reaching your monthly goal will benefit their lives (a vacation fund, special dinner or trip to the park).
If your children are younger (and a major reason you get sidetracked from your goals), enlist the help of a spouse, friend or family member to take the kids for an extra hour or two each week so you can dedicate that time to working toward your goal.
Acknowledge the steps you are taking to reach your goal, no matter how small they seem at the time: many small steps can get you to same place just as well as one giant step. The important thing is that you keep moving!
Take time at the beginning of the month to set new goals – and you’ll find yourself growing with that action itself!
“You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.”
Chuck Carlson