How Was Next Year?
Happy New Year! Watch the video here! Take a minute and imagine that you were an Olympic diver. As preparation for the world championships, part of your training includes regularly visualize that winning dive. In your mind’s eye, you see and feel yourself walking up the steps to the board, taking the steps to the […]
And You’re Off!
At last, the day is here. You have your mission and twelve monthly milestones to keep you on track. And today you perform your first, new action to keep your resolution on track. Maybe you’re a bit hungover from a lot of festivity — and maybe you don’t much feel like doing your one action. […]
Becoming a Missionary
Hopefully, you are still sticking with the series even though last entry I pulled out the rug a little bit by asking you to create a list of dream qualities for all of the areas of life and business that you want to transform. In today’s entry we are going to begin to put that […]
Forget Everything and Dream!
To this point, I have tried to bring research to the process of creating a structure for the process of setting resolutions and succeeding. But now, the real countdown to the end of 2015 has begun. Today, on the first day of the last working week of the year, you are probably about ready to start seriously […]
You Can Do Anything, But Not Everything
As I have been researching successful new year resolutions and talking to people about their own plans for self or business improvement in the new year, I have encountered an interesting trend. Many of the people who write or call me, folks who are enthusiastically approaching the new year and their resolutions, lots of them seem to […]
The Management of Dreams
As we look at the New Year approaching and experience a sense of hope – a vision for a different quality of life, health or financial security — it’s easy to forget some of the basic tenets that help us succeed in our professional lives. Even smart business people seem unable to take their basic […]
The Why Matters as Much as the What!
If you read my last post then you know I am spending some time researching and inquiring into the nature and methods of New Year resolutions. There is actually a fair amount of scientific research into this ritual, and some of it can help in determining how likely yours will be to succeed. Of course, […]
New Year Resolutions: Increasing the Odds of Success
It probably comes as no surprise to you that many people who make resolutions on January 1st often find themselves unchanged on March 1st, not only failing to fulfill the goal, but even unsure what they had promised to do. What may be surprising though is that there is some evidence that the simple act […]