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| A New Year Brings A New You |
By:
Heather Vale |
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Traditionally people make New Years resolutions at the start
of the year. Many experts say this isn't a good idea,
because most resolutions are either broken or forgotten by
the end of Jan. They say it's better to focus on
making attainable goals that you can actually follow and
keep.
You know... write it down, break it up into measurable
chunks, and commit to following through.
I guess the point is that most people who make resolutions
just come up with broad statements like, Make more money,
Increase sales, Lose weight... not measurable, so they
don't follow through.
But I don't believe you have to make this into a big
production if you don't want to. If your mind resists
writing it down and taking an analytical approach, then
don't do it, because you're setting yourself up for
failure even more than the resolution-breakers. Just make
your resolutions a little more concrete, like Increase
salary by 25%, Make $1000 more in sales per month, or Lose
10 pounds. You get the idea.
In fact, any time of year is a great time to make a
resolution to better yourself, but since this happens to be
a new year, lets take advantage of the new year to develop a
new you.
Maybe you're already comfortable with yourself, and where
you are in life. But your comfort zone is equal to your
success zone... so being comfortable will keep you
stagnated, and you can't improve. You have to push yourself
beyond your comfort zone, act in spite of being scared or
worried, and do things that move you forward in order to
truly become a success. And there is no staying the same,
because the world moves on without you... so by not moving
forward, you're actually moving backwards.
Many of the success experts I've studied use the example of
a house plant, and say if you're not growing, you're
withering, or dying. Others say if you're not evolving,
you're de-evolving.
So why not take this opportunity to figure out if you're
evolving or not. If you find that you're in a rut, and
hence moving backwards, then maybe it's time to make a
resolution to yourself to make 2006 your most successful
year yet.
Don't set yourself up for failure by picking goals you can't
achieve. Sure, you should reach for the stars, and you
might get the moon... but you have to feel in your heart
that you CAN achieve your goal, that you DESERVE to achieve
your goal, and that you WILL achieve your goal. If you
don't feel those things, you won't achieve it.
In other words... whether you think you can or you can't...
you're right.
One of the most important things to remember is that you
don't have to be successful to be happy... you have to be
happy to be successful.
And another is that success is a journey, not a destination.
So if you pick a goal that allows you to be happy on the
journey, as you're working your way towards a certain
outcome, then you're sure to get there. And once you do,
there's another goal beyond that one that will launch you on
a continuing journey towards bigger achievements. Because
that one goal is not success, it's a stepping stone on the
path of success that you take on your journey.
Happy 2006... and happy trails!
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Heather Vale is the host of the online radio talk show,
Success Unwrapped with Heather Vale, which can be heard
weekly at http://www.successunwrappedradio.com.
She also hosts Today's Success Minute at PodcasterNews
http://www.podcasternews.com/details.php?P=64
Heather is the author of the Success Unwrapped e-course,
available from successunwrapped@getresponse.com
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