Resolutions Don’t Work!

Every year I hear people talking about making New Year’s resolutions and changing something in their life or work.

By Jan or 5th or by today, January 15, 2005, most people already haven’t started what they committed to or have given up what they began.

Why is this?

Our lives are busy… we don’t keep our focus and we get distracted… we loose motivation or we never had a plan or made a serious commitment to begin with.

Instead of making resolutions to give things up, how about thinking about what you want to let in?

One of my coaching clients said she wanted to gain more health and vibrancy instead of “I want to stop eating junk food”.

The next thing is to have a clear plan. Most people keep doing what they’ve always done and don’t get what they want because they do the same old thing. You must have a clear, concrete, daily action plan to achieve your goals.

For example, one of my clients and I co-created her action plan to start her own business. It includes 5 actions she will take each day to move her closer to her goals. She makes incremental, daily progress and is moving forward.

You must also set up a reward and consequence system. In other words, what is it that will be the reward of making this change (to look better, feel better, have more time, less stress, a new job, make more money, etc.) and what are the consequences of not making it? (Like, loss of job, poor health, lack of money).

There must be enough pain in the consequences that you don’t give up because the pain of not getting what you do want, is too great.

If you want help with the resolution process and want to achieve extraordinary success this year to loose weight, make more money, find a mate, manage better, sell more, raise happier kids, or anything else, my coaching business has a very inexpensive way for you to do this.

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Terri Levine, author of the bestseller, Coaching for An Extraordinary Life
http://www.terrilevine.com