3 Things to Do RIGHT NOW Toward Your New Year’s Resolutions
In the thick of the holiday season, it’s easy to make promises to yourself about the New Year. In January, I’ll eat healthily / stop smoking / cut back on drinking / exercise regularly / start studying for that qualification …
Some experts might tell you to get started on your goals straight away (“there’s no time like the present!”) – but that’s not necessarily realistic advice. If you know that December is going to be hectic, you don’t want to set yourself up for failure.
So, instead of making a start on your big goal right now, here are three things you can do to make your New Year’s resolution much more likely to succeed. Read the Rest of This Article »
Don’t Go it Alone: How Other People Can Help You Reach Your Goals
Do you have a tough time accepting help?
A few years ago, I thought that achievements only really “counted” if I did everything alone. I was afraid that accepting help would make me look weak. But the truth is, getting help isn’t a sign of weakness – it’s a way to maximize your potential.
Getting help can cover a whole range of situations, so let’s take a look at some of the most common ones. Read the Rest of This Article »
4 Things that Keep You from Your Goals
We’re getting dangerously close to the end of 2011. If you made any New Years resolutions this year (and if you read this blog, I’d wager there’s a pretty good chance you did), how are those coming along?
If you’re like a lot of people out there, you might find that those hopeful thoughts in January are starting to get replaced by excuses or maybe even a sense of defeat or futility.
But why is is that people don’t achieve their goals? What keeps them stuck, unable to lose that weight, make more money, find the love they really want, or do the countless other things to make themselves happy?
Here are the 4 things that keep most people from reaching their goals. Read the Rest of This Article »
How to Stay Motivated on Big Projects
When you’re working on something big, you often start off with great intentions … only to find your motivation gradually slipping away.
Whether you’re studying for a qualification, tackling a mammoth project at work, or writing a book in your spare time, you’re only going to succeed if you can stay motivated. (That’s particularly true of goals where you haven’t got a boss/parent/mentor checking up on you…)
So, here’s how to keep going: Read the Rest of This Article »
How To Make Good On Your New Year’s Resolutions with Less Than 100 Days To Go!
Remember those New Year’s resolutions you made at the beginning of the year? Did you make good on them or did you forget about them by February 1? With less than 100 days left in the year, you can still turn those resolutions into a reality and reach your goals before 2012 officially rolls in. Whether it’s losing weight, getting out of debt, organizing your home or whatever, all it takes is a little mental toughness. Read the Rest of This Article »
The Awesome Power of Two Words
“Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not.” – Senator Robert F. Kennedy
The working of the human mind naturally lends itself to metaphor as in: the playground of the mind, the battlefield of the mind, the mind as a prison. What all these allusions depend upon is framing – the mind’s natural process of capturing an idea and using it to define and focus your attention on whatever is within its scope.
Framing is the process that truly confirms the Biblical statement: “As a man thinketh in his heart [Hebrew for mind] so is he.” If you think of your mind as a playground for ideas – it will be. If you think of it as a prison – it will be.
For some people their thinking does seem to imprison them through the spiraling of their negative thoughts; it brings ceaseless unrest.
What they need is a way to break out of that cycle to create mental freedom.
So what can help? Enter the two words: “What…if…” Read the Rest of This Article »
How to Defeat Your Inner Jerk
The inner jerk is the anti-conscience of your thought process. It is the tiny voice inside your brain that says, “you’re not good enough. You’re not pretty enough. No, you can’t do that. You’re a loser. You’ll never amount to anything.” Sometimes it makes a home inside of your brain. It might even be the kind of jerk who makes frequent visits to your thoughts.
We all have an inner jerk that feeds us negative thoughts about us, but we don’t have to listen to its nasty comments. There is a way to defeat the inner jerk within ourselves. Read the Rest of This Article »
How to Break a Big Goal into Little Steps
Maybe you’ve got a big goal in your life – something that excites you but also scares you.
You might have been thinking about this goal for months, years, even decades. And, even if you’ve made a start on it, you might not have got very far.
Your goal might look something like this:
- Run a marathon
- Write a novel
- Pay off the mortgage
- Get a PhD
- Become self-employed
All of these are big goals – most of them would take years to achieve. And if you really want to reach them, you need to break them down into manageable chunks.
Here’s how. Read the Rest of This Article »
12 Fail-Proof Ways to Strengthen Your Resolve
‘There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.’ ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
You want to lose weight, but you keep eating poorly.
You know you need to exercise, but you just can’t seem to get moving.
You’d like to start that project, but maybe you’ll do it tomorrow when you aren’t so tired.
Our dreams and good intentions are powerful, real, and hold the promise of a happier life, a better you, a sense of pride and accomplishment. But when the rubber meets the road, when it’s time to take action, it feels like you are wading waist-high in water with weights tied to your feet. Your heart is willing, but your mind and body resist. The mental difficulty of even the smallest actions can be shocking and immensely disappointing. Read the Rest of This Article »
Why Goal Setting Is A Complete Waste Of Time (unless you do this)
“Goals” are like “New Year’s resolutions”…frequently made but rarely accomplished.
If you struggle to achieve your goals, my good friend Bill Bartmann, the author of “Bailout Riches” and once named by Inc. magazine as “The Billionaire Nobody Knows” gave me an awesome tip to trick your mind into accomplishing exactly what you want to, every single time.
“Don’t think of your goals as goals.”
Are you scratching your head right now? I know I sure was. Until I saw the white elephant sitting in the room…
In our society most people describe a goal as “a lofty ambition,” something to “shoot for,” something to “strive for,” or something to “work towards”…
Nothing wrong with with any of that is there? Read the Rest of This Article »
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