New Years Resolution: Keep Going

Dear...

In the previous posts on this topic I gave you already six guiding principles to help you achieving your New Years Resolutions for 2014.
- Make sure that it's your resolution and not someone else's.
- Formulate it in a positive way, so avoid negative words.
- Make sure that your resolution meets your personal standards and common sense.
- Create a support group for your resolution.
- Write your resolution down and read it repeatedly.
- Achieve one resolution at the time.

Browse back to the older posts on this topic to read more.

Today we'll conclude this series of post on "achieving your new years resolution".

Plot a plan and implement:
It is better to have a poorly developed plan than no plan at all. Break your resolution down in smaller steps, reward yourself for every milestone you make, don't deviate from your plan if possible, but also adjust if necessary. Make sure it is not only a plan in your head but put it on paper instead and share it with people in your support group.

Imagine how it is to have achieved your resolution already:
Make this picture so clear and positive as possible. Describe it to someone else. When you want to lose weight see yourself already having the size you're aiming for. If you want to stop smoking see yourself already taking the stairs without gasping for breath. Feel how it would feel and go back to these thoughts at least once a day.

And last but not least: Keep going...
If it was easy you would have done it already. Your mind will try to persuade you to stop, but don't listen to that voice in your head...remember why you wanted to achieve it ... picture yourself already achieving it... read your resolution again and keep going!

I wish you all the best for the New Year, dream bold, dream big and take large bites out of life in 2014...

Jeandorff@googlemail.com
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"Be inspired and you shall inspire." ~ JD

New Years Resolution IV: make success a habit.

Dear...

In the previous posts on this topic I gave you already four guiding principles to help you achieving your New Years Resolutions for 2014.
- Make sure that it's your resolution and not someone else's.
- Formulate it in a positive way, so avoid negative words.
- Make sure that your resolution meets your personal standards and common sense.
- Create a support group for your resolution.

Browse back to the older posts on this topic to read more.

Today you'll get two more  guidelines:

Instead of just having your resolution in your mind, write it down and more importantly read it at least one time a day. It's more than a reminder. You literally have to imprint it in your mind. Remember you want to change something that has been a habit for you for a long time (smoking, bad eating habits etc).

Secondly,  it is better to have one resolution that you will achieve than multiple without achieving any. People often want to reach too many things at the same time. It is good to be ambitious, but work from success to success, so that success can become a habit.

Jeandorff@googlemail.com
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http://www.pinterest.com/jeandorff/inspiration/

"Be inspired and you shall inspire." ~ JD

New Year's Resolutions III: make sure someone has your back!

Dear...

Before we continue our series on New Years Resolutions let's have a quick review of what we did so far.

I asked you to start writing down a draft of your (possible) New Year's Resolution(s) for 2014. I gave you two guiding principles:
- Make sure that it's your resolution and not someone else's
- Write it in a positive way, so avoid negative words
You can go back to my post of November 22 New Year's Resolution II: "the power of positive thinking", for your reference.

Today I'm adding two new guidelines.

- Make sure that your resolution meets your personal standards and common sense. As an example, if you want to loose weight do it in a healthy way and not in an unhealthy way. Another example, working overtime might create more income, but make sure that the extra money is worth giving up valuable family time.

- Create a support group for your goal. Make sure that you surrounding knows about your goal and that they are behind it. This creates accountability on your side and will help you through times when its hard to stay focussed on your goal. As an example: say you want to quit smoking, your surrounding can help you to stay away from tempting situations. Or you can ask them to reward you for each week you don't smoke... Of course you have to do something in return when you reached your goals.
In general, you are more likely to reach your goals if you get support from the people around you. So don't be shy to ask for their support and include them when you write your resolutions, you will find that they are very willing to give you the support you need.

Now please take a look at the draft you made before and make changes based on these new guidelines. I'll get back to you next week  for another step in creating a New Year's Resolutions and giving you the confidence that you can achieve them.

jeandorff@googlemail.com
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"Be inspired and you shall inspire." ~JD