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| 2011 is ending in about 70 days. Have you made good your new year resolution? [Pic] |
Before the start of this year, I shared My New Year Resolution.
Many of you would have made new year resolutions at that time too. In fact, you may have done so year after year. Right now, we have about 70 more days to the end of 2011. Have you made good what you have set out to do yet?
Hang on a moment, I think I heard some people saying "What was my resolution again?".
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| One of the most common reasons for failure is the failure to plan. [Pic] |
Most do not meet their goals
If you have forgotten about your resolution or eventually fail to meet your goals, you are not alone. Experts say that new year resolutions are doomed to failure and 78% would have failed in their plans.
One of the most common reasons for failure is the failure to plan.
Many new year resolutions are ambitious but simplistic. They lack execution plans and do not spell any start or end point. For example, if you shouted out loud on January 1st 2011 that you wanted to quit smoking, you were not making a plan. You were merely making a wish.
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| You need real discipline to make good your resolutions. [Pic] |
Is your resolution a mere cliché?
Take a look at a top-ten new year resolution list. Usually, you will find personal health and wellness on the list. Many people make these new year resolutions year after year. It makes us wonder why they would ceremoniously make the same one without realizing that they have been missing it for years.
You need discipline, not mood swings
To make good your resolution, you need discipline, real discipline. Winners take discipline as a tool to guide their performance. However, most people see it as a chore, a painful chore.
The bad news is that discipline can be painful. However, the good news is, you can practice so that the pain lessens or goes away.
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| What you think is what you get. [Pic] |
Your thoughts drive your actions
What you do is a result of what you think. If you think negatively and always gravitate towards the downside of things, you will find yourself there most of the time.
In order to shape a positive mindsets, you would have to learn to do positive self-dialog. Each time you talk to yourself, you are in fact asking and answering a series of questions. The questions you ask and the answers you give go into your brain in a similar way how a programmer puts computing rules in a computer. Your actions and behaviors depend on how you have been programmed.
Say "I am doomed to fail" repeatedly, you would. Say "I am sure I will overcome it", you would too.
Let's face it, making a resolution does not magically make you lose 5 kgs. You would have to work on it. While doing so, you may constantly face difficulties and distractions. While I have suggested working on your discipline, I did not say you have to drive yourself up the wall.
Do expect to derail along the way. What is important is to come back on track. Set your mind to your end point and keep going. Sprinting may give you a good speed but you will lose steam before you get far. Taking consistent small steps can be more powerful.
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| The journey of change continues. [Pic] |
The last lap
You have 70 more days to the end of the year. It is never too late to start working on what you have set out to do.
70 days is not enough? Who says you can't have more?
Your plan need not be compartmentalized by artificial time line. If it is more realistic to have more than 70 days, give yourself that. Start working on it today. Since when you always have to start on January 1st and complete by December 31st? Time is seamless.
My new year resolution was to have none. What I really meant was I will make a commitment to change whenever and wherever, not just at the start of the year.
70 days is not enough? Who says you can't have more?
Your plan need not be compartmentalized by artificial time line. If it is more realistic to have more than 70 days, give yourself that. Start working on it today. Since when you always have to start on January 1st and complete by December 31st? Time is seamless.
My new year resolution was to have none. What I really meant was I will make a commitment to change whenever and wherever, not just at the start of the year.
Forgotten your resolution? Fret not, you can generate new ones. Nay, just kidding.
"Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short." ~Adam Hochschild~
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