The
Only Way to Turn Your New Year's Resolution into Reality
So you ate, drank and spent too much over
the Holidays. Now you are overweight, bloated, tired and
broke, and you are promising yourself that you are going to
change all that this year!
There are two reasons why New Year
Resolutions don't work;
1st, we try and take on too much,
2nd, we don't believe in ourselves.
In the world of resolutions, "Size does
matter." You can turn your resolutions into realities by
starting small. As the saying goes, "the only way to eat an
elephant is one bite at a time!"
At the start of each New Year we begin by
looking at our life and deciding this is the year we are
going to make real changes in weight, romance, smoking,
drinking, career, money, getting in shape, organizing,
cleaning and more. Well, we never followed through in all
the other years, so as good as our intentions and desires
are our subconscious is not expecting our resolution to come
true. We have conditioned ourselves to doubt our ability to
change. This core lack of belief triggers a lack of
commitment to action and the result is the same year after
year: not pursuing our goals with consistent action.
Well you have said it before, "This year
is the year I _______!" Sound familiar? You have said it and
you have not done it, but there is a way to make your goals
materialize. Here is Coach Steele's abbreviated "Resolution
Success System!"
Step One:
Learn and use this Success System. Once you learn the system
you can apply the system over and over again with succession
every area of your life. Concentrate on the system not the
goal.
Step Two: "Pick
one, and get it done" as a friend of mine is fond of saying.
Make sure you are picking something that you really want to
achieve. You can't lose weight, stop smoking, or get an
education because someone else wants you to. If you really
want something you will do what it takes.
Step Three:
Reduce this goal to manageable pieces. Set goals that are
what you believe you can achieve in one month. Remember size
does count and focusing your energy on one goal to be
accomplished in 30 days gives us something tangible. If you
don't believe you can do it you won't be able to.
Step Four:
First write this goal down and then brainstorm to find at
least 20 different actions you can take right now to achieve
it. Don't skip this step! Our tendency is to take shortcuts.
Do not!
Step Five:
Post your written goal and the 20 ways you can achieve it on
the wall in a very visible place. If we don't affirm our
goals we will not achieve them.
Step Six:
Study your goal and 20 actions several times a day, and
visualize yourself with the results. If you can't see it you
can't achieve it. Link your 5 senses (sight, sound, smell,
taste, and touch) to the goal. Make it come alive for you!
Step Seven:
Act as if. Act as if you have already achieved your goal.
Give yourself positive affirmations as if you have already
achieved the goal. This is called telling the truth in
advance.
Step Eight:
Go to the posted goal everyday as often as you can, recite
it out loud, visualize the result, state the affirmation and
then pick activities that you will do (from your list of 20)
that day to achieve it. It is all about what you do each day
so resolve to put the effort in. I call this the Law of
Effort.
Step Nine:
Apply the Law of Consistency; do not fall into the trap of
tomorrow. Start now. Not tomorrow. Not January 1st. Then,
commit to yourself that you will be consistent for 30 days.
After all what is 30 days?
Step Ten:
Update your goal, and repeat all these steps every 30 days
and expand to every goal you want!
Be enthusiastic, as Emerson said, "Nothing
great is ever created without enthusiasm." These are the 10
parts of success that, if used, will guarantee your success.
For a complete FREE copy of "The
Resolution Success System" without cost or obligation,
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Don't let this New Year end up like all
the others, follow these steps and you will learn that you
can develop a success system in your life.
Congratulations in advance for taking this
first positive step in realizing your goals, and Happy New
Year!
