It’s your initial investment – an investment that will pay off, because it means you’re really “in,” right from the start.Ģ. Interviewing yourself in this way, pen in hand, does take time and effort. What’s the Big Goal you really do want to meet, or the Big Change you really do want to make? If that first resolution wasn’t quite it…what’s another way to look at it? If thinking about your resolution in this way gets you excited about it, you’re on the right track! If you don’t even get through the questions, or if you land on anything less than an 8 or 9 on that scale of 1 to 10…keep looking. What will you look like when you achieve it?Īnd on a scale of 1 to 10…how committed are you to achieving this result? What about your life or your results do you want to change? You may hit on the right resolution immediately, or you may need to search for the right one, but either way, let’s really think this through. New Year’s Resolutions start with New Year’s Reflection. Like seeds scattered on concrete, there’s nothing to root them into place.īut plenty of people do succeed with their resolutions, and you will, too, if you follow a few simple guidelines.ġ. In other words, the resolutions people make off the cuff to finally do something – anything – are made out of desperation instead of commitment. They’re made swiftly and perhaps thoughtlessly. The reasons resolutions fail can be summed up in a few points: In this article, we’re going to talk about why some people don’t succeed with their resolutions and why YOU will. Right along the traditional January posts about New Year, New You come the flood of unhelpful posts telling you all the reasons resolutions “don’t work.” Let’s reset. It’s become trendy in recent years to trash the New Year’s Resolution idea. Dig it out, and let’s go after your success. So don’t ditch your New Year’s Resolution. You have an intuitive draw to do something good for yourself, improve your life in some way, and lift your spirits with wins that make you happier, healthier or better, and you deserve that. That’s important, because you’re important. We’re doubling down on the New Year’s Resolution with new rules, for new results. Or if already by January 18th you haven’t yet set a New Year’s Resolution (or forgotten the one you did set) ~ Or if you’re a serial dieter who resolves every year to lose weight ~ If you’re one of the many who join the crowd at the gym at the start of every new year, swearing, “This year will be different!” ~ This article was written by LRI Director Joelle Jay, an executive coach, speaker and author specializing in leadership development.
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