Happy New Year! It’s that time of year again, a time to review all your successes and well, your lack of successes shall we say. If you’re like many people, you’re also likely to come up with another wish list of goals for the coming year. And, like many people, these goals are likely to be focused on intensely for the first week, month, or even six weeks for those who are truly committed, only to fall off as the year goes on.
We’ve all heard the suggestions:
- Write your goals down. There’s something about putting your goals in writing that actually helps you to do them.
- Be specific. Make measurable, specific goals (I.e. I want to have seven thousand dollars in our savings account by December 31, 2009) rather than general goals such as I want to save more money.
- Break each goal down into smaller chunks. Breaking goals down into bite size chunks helps you to keep track of how you’re doing with your goals and makes the goal a bit easier to attain.
- Place your goals within eyesight. Placing your goals on your desk, refrigerator, on your palm pilot etc., keeps them in your consciousness. The more often you’re thinking about them, the more likely you are to work them.
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