Get Off The Carousel

Don’t get trapped in the revolving New Year Resolution carousel. Most people fail to achieve or accomplish their new year’s resolutions.  These are some of the reasons why they fail:
Desire: It’s not a real goal without desire – you weren’t really ready to start. If you don’t have a burning desire to change, to reach a goal, to accomplish something new, you will never even lift off the launch pad. Desire provides the motivation, inspiration and determination to succeed.
Preparation: It was not fully planned out – didn’t prepare for the obstacles. There requires a well thought out plan (SMART goals) before taking any action to bring your goal into fruition. Otherwise, the first obstacle, road block that you hit, you will give up – “this is just too hard, why bother” mentality.
Expectations: Expect results too quickly. In a time where we are so familiar with receiving what we want almost instantly, with just the push of a button – fast food delivery, amazon purchases, online music etc, we can struggle with having to wait for results, outcomes. If we don’t see results quickly enough, we lose momentum and give up.
Commitment: Making a goal too big - You don’t set milestones. When we commit to a goal and its end date is a year away, it can be difficult to stay committed to the goal – losing weight, saving for a house, training for a marathon. Over commitment - sometimes, we make the goal too big to achieve in the time given.
Support: Influenced by the wrong people in your life. The people who are not supportive, who don’t really want you to succeed because if you did, where does that leave them? It puts pressure on them to step up in their lives and they may not want to but are jealous of your potential success. There are many reasons we don’t finish what we start, but ultimately, if you really want a New You for the New Year, think of achievable objectives, believe in yourself, hold yourself accountable, and block out the “naysayers”.
What does all this mean? The issue with New Year’s resolutions, isn’t always about starting them, its staying with them and accomplishing them. If you practice the steps above, you can change that, but if you don’t believe in yourself, have doubts, or are too easily convinced by others to give up - then maybe you need help. Self-help books can be helpful, but much like the New Year resolutions themselves, we don’t follow through, or are dissuaded from finishing. What is it worth for you to change, to achieve your desire, your objectives? Coaching is about you, all about you, supporting, pushing, guiding and holding you accountable to your commitments, to finishing. Make an investment in your future, your now – hire a coach and achieve your New You for the New Year!

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