BE CONSISTENT TO BE SUCCESSFUL!

Written by Rhoberta Shaler


When you take a moment to think about your self-esteem, what comes to mind? STOP READING NOW! Take that moment...what does come to mind?

Do you immediately tell yourself what you do well? Do you remember allrepparttar good that you do? Terrific! Many folks have a tendency to first noticerepparttar 123848 places they have failed or are not doing enough. They think about what they have not done rather than what they have accomplished. They see their personal cups half-empty, rather than half-full.

How about you? If your first thoughts are positive, you have self-confidence. Want some more? There's a secret! Keep your promises to yourself. Yes, when you say that you will spend an hour alone, do it! When you decide on a food program, follow it! When you determinerepparttar 123849 best exercise for you, do it!

Recently I spoke with a woman who told me how well she felt after three weeks of paying attention to her health. She was thoughtful about her food choices, slept well and made time for her exercise of choice. She said that it made her feel good about herself. Of course it did!

When I asked her if she was continuing with that program, she said no. Why not? Somehow her overwhelming desire to keep millions of balls inrepparttar 123850 air and run herself ragged seemed more attractive. Isn't that an interesting conundrum?

Goals Only Work When You Do

Written by Rhoberta Shaler


Goal setting seems to be a perennially hot topic! Could it be that you hear and read about it so often because its a subject that is easy to know about and difficult to practice?

It would be very surprising to find an adult inrepparttar work force who has not heard about goal setting. A Harvard study of their graduates over thirty years found that there were only a small percentage (3%) of them who actually wrote down their goals--and these wererepparttar 123847 most successful! You can be certain that every one of those students had repeatedly heardrepparttar 123848 value of goal setting. Yet only 3% actually wrote down their goals consistently. Imagine what you can do if you both write down your goals and, then, focus on them every day, every week, until they are accomplished!

What is itrepparttar 123849 causesrepparttar 123850 "New Year's Resolution Syndrome"? You probably knowrepparttar 123851 one. People make resolutions, work hard at them for a few weeks, maybe even a few months, and then forget them. Next year, they makerepparttar 123852 same New Year's Resolutions. That isrepparttar 123853 syndrome. It is self-defeating and self-sabotaging. So, why do so many people do it?

They may be making goals that are too global, too extensive, too unrealistic forrepparttar 123854 time frame, body type or current finances. That is not to say that they are not worthy goals. They need to be broken apart into smaller, more specific, attainable pieces. The elephant analogy is stillrepparttar 123855 best one I know of to illustrate good goal setting. You probably know it. "How do you eat an elephant? One spoonful at a time." So it is with goals. Make spoon size goals and accomplish them. One you've mastered those, get a bigger spoon!

You may have too many people in your life who consciously or subconsciously are unwilling or unable to support you to reach your goals. Everyone has a ‘personal tribe’ – their friends, families, colleagues. You have created agreement among your tribe members that you are a certain way, or you do certain things. They are comfortable with you as long as you are and do those things. They may even be enthusiastic about your desire to change something or accomplish something new. Just know that, as you change and accomplish, they may not like it. They may even go so far as to put you down in small ways or make light of your accomplishments. Do you know why? It is usually because your changes remind them, on some levels, that they could be doing it, too...and they aren't!

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