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Five Steps to Successful New Year Resolutions
By Douglas Woods
Do you ever make New Year resolutions only to see them broken in a few
days or months? Have you stopped making resolutions because you never seem
able to keep them? Here are five simple steps to help you make and keep your
resolutions.
Step 1: Write them down
Committing your resolutions to paper is a very powerful way to help you
keep them. Putting them on paper is in itself almost a commitment to keep to
them. It also helps you to clarify your thoughts. By putting resolutions
down on paper, you turn them from vague thoughts into potential actions. It
is always easier to work toward something that is written down rather than a
thought that is kept in your head and is subject to change at a whim. Once
written down, you can display your resolutions anywhere you wish, on a wall,
in your diary, on your screensaver, anywhere that you can refer to and use
as a reminder.
Step 2: Tell someone else.
Telling someone else your resolutions can help you to keep to them. The
other person can help, prompt and support you. Be careful who you tell
though, do not tell someone who is likely to tease or ridicule you, make
sure it is someone you can trust. By telling someone else, you are sharing
your resolution with them, this has the added edge in that they can help you
measure your progress or success. Should you slip from your resolution, they
can help you get back on track. If you start to fail, they will be there to
prompt you back again.
Step 3: Break them down into manageable steps.
Too many people set their resolutions in grand terms that they know they
are not likely to achieve. The key to setting resolutions, as in goal
setting, is to make them manageable. So if you do have a grand resolution,
break it down into smaller parts and give yourself a timescale for each
part. Then you can strive to achieve each part at a time, thereby maximizing
your chance of success.
Step 4: Make them measurable.
Don’t be vague! Be specific about your resolutions. Make sure the outcome
is something that is tangible, something that you or others can see. Make
sure you have some way of recognizing or knowing when you have achieved your
outcome.
Step 5: Reward yourself.
Go on, treat yourself. Give yourself a reward at each and every step
along the way to achieving your final outcome. Do make sure, though, that
the rewards are no greater than the outcome itself! Perhaps make the final
reward something that you can share with any friend(s) to whom you told your
resolution at the outset.
Douglas Woods is a fully qualified life coach. You can find more about
his work on his website at
http://www.dougwoods.com.
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