E-tip No. 69 – A really simple way for making Resolutions work!

It’s coming up to that time of year when people make New Years Resolutions. You know the kind of thing:

- Losing weight
- Getting fit or going to the gym
- Following through on that business idea
- Getting a new job (along with 18 million other people in the UK!).
- And you know 95% of resolutions fail within 3 weeks.

So, I thought I’d share with you a really simple way I know to making resolutions work.

Pick up to three 3 things you’d love to do and write them down. Then, each day, pay attention to that resolution and do something, however small, that moves it forward, such as:

- Doing some research, or just writing out some questions you want answered
- Reading a book – or even just a chapter or a few pages
- Asking a question of someone, or just making a phone call
- Enlisting a friends support, or just sharing an idea
- Writing a list, or just buying the pen an paper to write the list

It doesn’t matter how infinitesimally small it is, just come up with one thing every day and take action on it. And it’s important to know that once you start, you’ll find it difficult to stop yourself.

Today’s experiment
- Pick one, or up to 3 things you want to achieve, and write them down. Be specific and state it in the present. So this could be being a size 12; having a great job I love to do; having a smooth running and 30% more profitable business; running 10km and feeling comfortable doing it

- Then, each day, look at your list and take some action on that
If you get stuck about what to do, ask yourself how do I stop myself? And immediately once you consider this question, you come up the with the answers to stop stopping yourself, and then moving forward
- Share your goals and generating ideas and action with supportive people you know (it makes it much easier), and rather than do what hasn’t worked in the past, focus on what works just for you and doing things differently.
- And keep taking action…!

Until we meet…

Anthony

All rights reserved Anthony Davis 2006

PS – for more ideas on getting resolutions working for you, check out:

Knowing what you want Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
More on the out of 10 rule
We’re all doing the best we can
Not away from, towards