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Testing the Resolve of Your Resolutions

February 8th is fast approaching. This is the date that most New Year’s resolutions fall off the wagon and we admit defeat.

It happens to all of our goals – we are tested for our motivation and commitment within the first 40 days. If things are not working by then, we lose steam and get distracted by other things.

How do we keep our motivation to achieve our goals?

The best approach is to set up our environment to succeed. Taking it by chance is not a successful approach – things will not just fall into place and work out.

For me, I follow these five steps.

Be specific – have a clear, measurable and time-based goal that means something to you
Take action – start with the end in mind as to the results you want and work back to the actions needed to get you there being clear on the 2 or 3 core activities that you need to perform to succeed – and do them
Measure – what gets measured, gets done – it is simple, effective, and most people don’t do it – when you measure daily the actions you need to take to achieve your goal you keep it in front of you and see progress – you have to measure
Reflect – from your daily measures reflect each week on what is working and what changes are needed to keep moving forward – great sports teams always do a post-game wrap-up and we can win better results doing the same – ask yourself what worked, what got in the way, and what can you do better
Persist – you need to keep going and stay invested – most people drop off just before the results start – keep your confidence by reminding yourself what you did well, what you learned, and what you are grateful for each day

We all have circumstances so doing the blame game for not achieving what you want gets you no where. There is an old saying that “we earn exactly what we deserve to earn – no more or no less”.

Lack of achievement is a personal responsibility.

Delivering results and executing a plan come down to setting up the best environment for you to succeed.

So, give up hope of a better past, and set yourself up for greater performance.