OK stay with me! Here's my reasoning.
Most people make their resolutions and then... they forget about them! Life moves on and before they know it, it's New Years Eve again! Maybe they think back to last year and go "oh yeah, I forgot about that resolution" which makes them depressed, because it's just one more thing that they were "gonna" do this year but didn't.
So what do they do? They make another resolution! But this year it'll be different! And the vicious cycle begins all over again!
That's why, in my opinion, New Year's Resolutions suck! They don't work, because they're just arbitrary statements, with no meat behind them. You know "I'm gonna lose weight" "I'm gonna stop smoking"
This year don't make resolutions! Set goals! Goals are achievable! Goals get accomplished. Goals can and will get done!
At the end of this I'll give you some resources to help you better define your goals as well as some additional tools to help make them happen.
But right now I want to share with you something I've been doing for the last couple of years in addition to setting goals.
It started with the goal of I want to make more money. O f course I still do, I think just about everyone has money goals, even Donald Trump. Of course his goals are "what am I going to spend my money on next?"
I sat down and I started making a list of 50 ways to make more money. Now I'm a speaker and entertainer so there were some obvious ones at first; "book more speeches, book more shows".
But I'd set my goal of 50 ways and it forced me to think outside of the box. Now I had ideas like; write another book, sell it as an eBook, record the book as an mp3.
And then I pushed even further outside of my profession; have a garage sale, sell some things I don't use on eBay, become a male stripper. OK some of those didn't work out...I didn't have a garage sale!
Now I had this list of ways to make money over the next year. I didn't have an excuse anymore. I couldn't tell myself "well I want to make more money, but I don't know how". No, I had a list of 50 ways right in front of me!
I want you to make a list of 50 ways to...whatever. Whatever your goals are this year, make a list of how to make them happen. For instance if you have a goal to lose weight; start writing out 50 ways to lose weight in 2012. Or 50 ways to increase your business or 50 ways to stop smoking.
Why 50 ways? Because if you just write out 10 ways to do something you're limiting yourself. What if you try all those 10 ways and it doesn't work? You might quit and just give up!
But with at least 50 ways, you've got a much better chance of success! Plus as you're writing these out, you'll start to run out of ideas. And if you have to get at least 50 ideas down on paper you'll start to get creative with the ideas. You'll come up with ideas that you normally would never have thought of.
For instance if your list is 50 ways to lose weight, some of them will probably be; eat less, exercise more, go on a diet. But when you push yourself to fill up the page with 50 ideas, you'll get more specific with the ideas. Instead of "exercise more" it'll be, join a gym, take a yoga class and as the page fills up and you're really stretching your imagination, some wild ideas will come out. Like maybe take Salsa dance lessons, walk my neighbor's dogs or go skydiving!
You may even come up with MORE than 50 ideas and that's great! The more options you have the better chances of success!
Now I'm going to let you in on a little secret, the secret to achieving your goals this year! This list you have of at least 50 things to do...you have to DO them!
I know, big shocker! You've got to take some action, start doing the things on your list! Most people make lists and then just put them away. Don't do that! Put your list up on the fridge, or on your bathroom mirror, someplace where you'll see it every day!
It'll serve as a reminder of what you're going to do this year. Off all the things you can do to make this goal happen!
For some more ideas and resources head on over to http://www.dosomuchmore.com/, There's a free eBook and some worksheets on how to plan out your goals and your week.
And use this idea of the 50 ways list for your goals in 2012 and I'll bet that on New Year's Eve you won't look back at all the stuff you were gonna do, but instead look back and think "wow, I did a lot this year! I can't wait for 2013!"
I'm Fred Moore and I wish you lots of success and happiness in the New Year!
Go get em!
Fred Moore is a Speaker, Entertainer, Author and Bald-Guy! His passion is providing companies and people with the resources to "get things done!". Check out http://www.moorefred.com/ to find out how you can get Unique, Professional Entertainment for Worry-Free Events.
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