** If You Don't Have 'Resolution' Don't Even Think Of Achieving
Your Goals - How To Really Make It H
Resolution counts for achieving your goals - how to really make
it happen
At this time of year we hear all about resolutions. New Year
Resolutions. No one ever hears about mine other than if I am
having a bit of fun with my wife. 'I promise to lose weight if
you will', etc.
Why don't I make New Year Resolutions? Simple, they don't work.
If we were able put all New Year Resolutions made by all of the
people in the world together and that was figuratively 100. What
percentage would have been achieved by this time next year? My
guess is a small fraction of 1%.
So turn that round. If you set your goals and resolve to achieve
them it puts you ahead of the 99.9999%. Actually achieve them
and you are exceptional.
Think about it in personal terms. How many of your life goals
have you actually achieved? I have always been a results
oriented person able to make things happen for a specific well
defined goal which I have been involved in defining.
When I was employed, before 'going on my own' I achieved my
positions of seniority (Chairman/CEO) because of my ability to
deliver results. It was good progress but it was not really in
line with what I really wanted to achieve. Being in the
corporate world eventually got in the way. That is one of the
reasons I eventually 'did my own thing'.
I am still working on my life goals. In that scenario New Year
Resolutions are trivial. What is important is RESOLUTION to
achieve your goals. Resolution to be able to get to where you
want to be one planned step at a time. Each step being part of
the overall plan. Each goal being part of life's goals. If you
have too many goals you will have too many steps and guess what,
with everything else that goes on around us we miss the step.
I know myself well enough to realise this and yes I have
objectives for the coming year. The objectives have time frames
and I am committed to achieving them. I made that commitment
when I promised to report my progress to you in an earlier
bulletin.
It's like this.
1st objective by [date]. I know what I have to do in clear well
thought out detail, and it's achievable.
2nd objective by [date]. I have the date set in my mind. I know
what I have to do because it is very similar to what is
necessary to achieve my first objective.
3rd objective by [date]. Writing this has made me carefully
think through what is necessary for achievement and I will be
lucky to get it done this year. So I will give it a try. If I do
all three objectives this year I will have achieved my goal for
the year and that goal contributes to one of my life goals. At
this moment the first hurdle is coming up and I have to get over
it. Others are coming but they are more distant and will come
into focus as I clear the preceding one.
What do we draw from all this? I have three projects for this
year. I now know what is necessary to make them a success and I
am committed to them. Success will only come if I have the
RESOLUTION to make it happen. Success will only come if that
RESOLUTION IS THERE ALL OF THE TIME. Not just at New Year.
An opportunity (not part of the plan) has arisen for me to do
something else which will earn residual income. What am I going
to do? I'm going to seize the opportunity and still try to meet
my program. I can do this because I know what is needed and am
resolved to meeting this years objectives. I may have to put in
a few extra hours but so what?
All of these goals will probably be met because;
1 They are all worth doing.
1 They are achievable in the time frame
2 I have thought them through in detail.
Perhaps I am lucky to be able to visualise and think in a
structured manner as this helps when setting goals.
What's more I won't beat myself up in doing them because I know
that they are achievable. Also I won't beat myself up if I don't
meet some of the project times because I know what the overall
plan is and can meet the goal by year end.. I will be careful to
avoid distractions because the only way that I will get to my
goal will be by being resolute and focussed.
You may wish to proceed differently but I suggest the common
denominator in our success will be stamina, staying power and
resolution - not at the New Year, but all year. Really make it
happen in 2006. Best wishes for achieving your goals.
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