The Power Of Goal Achievement Is In The HabitWritten by Josh Hinds
You had your new year's resolution all planned out. This was your year to "insert your missed goal here" :-). You knew exactly what you needed to do; maybe you even got off to a blazing start! You were absolutely sure this was going to be your year! This goal is as good as in bag you thought. Then - BAM! - You suddenly realized that your goal is nowhere in sight. Does this sound familiar? If you answered yes let me assure you that you're not alone. If this has happened to you, here’s an approach that might help next time around. Reaffirm to yourself that most things are accomplished when we're able to form habits around them. Much in same way that negative habits transpire in our lives, so too can we choose to introduce positive ones. The thing you have to remember is that habits are formed through repetition. Clearly defining your goals is just one step towards attaining them. Equally important is forming habits that go along with dreams you've set for yourself. "How do I form habits," you ask? It has been said that after 21 days of solid repetition we can create habits around what we desire.
| | New Year ResolutionsWritten by Gus
[NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS—HOW TO MAKE THEM]I am an avid New Year’s Resolutions writer! In fact, I write them often. May be two or three times in a year. My success rate with them is mixed. I am more or less disciplined and hard working person. So I keep on pushing ahead. But my Resolutions are too ambitious, you may say impractical, to be fulfilled. For example, I may write during this year I will write 3 novels, three non-fiction books, 50 articles, 50 short stories, and 50 poems. At end of year, I may not have completed even a single novel, a single non-fiction book, and written only a few articles, short stories, and poems. My experience with New Year Resolutions has taught me some lessons which I am sharing with you. 1.Don’t leave New Year Resolutions for last moment to write! If you do, on last day of year you may end up hurriedly writing down something not better than a shopping list. Spend some time and energy in writing them. At same time, if you fail to write them before New Year starts, don’t think that now it is too late. Write in first week of year or later. It is better writing late than never. 2.Before writing about New Year and future, cast a glance at old year and past. How was old year? Did you keep your resolutions? If yes, to what extent? If not, why? Given another chance, how would you plan and live old year. Have a vision of future. How would you like to see yourself after one year or thereafter? Base your resolutions on this analysis. 3.Write down what you really want to do, not what is routine, customary, or fashionable. If you have no inner urge to reduce weight or quit smoking, it is no use resolving to do so. 4.Make New Year Resolutions a vehicle for change. While we are comfortable with status quo, we want to change our life too. Everybody thinks that he is in a rut. He or she would have been happier in another job, in different circumstances, in new places. But we fear change. Don’t just foolhardily jump into change, but plan for it. 5.Plan for new and exciting things in life. Learn something new—dancing, playing a musical instrument, a new language, tennis, web-designing, or writing poetry. If you have never loved, love. It is an exciting thing. If you are in love, get married. It is intoxicating. 6.Write down specific goals rather than general. Instead of writing, “I will reduce weight,” specify how many pounds or kilograms you want to reduce within which period and by what means. So write, during year I will reduce my weight by 30 pounds. I will aim at reducing 10 pounds every quarter (so that I have some extra time towards year-end). I will regulate my diet (be specific about diet too), will exercise or play some game, go for morning or evening walk, start yoga, and lead an active life. 7.Break down bigger whole year aims to smaller quarterly and monthly aims. In fact, each week write down aim for that week also. Of course, also keep a daily to-do list (to be written at start of day or one day in advance). Revise monthly and quarterly targets in light of progress made and aims abandoned and new aims added. In fact, write down a continually evolving list of to-do for year. Whatever you want to do in year, just add to this list and do when right time comes.
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