New Years Resolution time is coming!

The time to start planning new goals is always now but the single most popular goal setting time of any year is fast approaching. Will you leverage it’s power to help you acvhieve your goals? Or will you be one of the many who set resolutions and fail?

I reviewed my goals again this weekend past for my weekly check up to analyze how much or how little I made progress on each item. I do this regularly so that I can adjust effort where necessary to insure that I stay on track with my goals.

I must say that I had another great week! I also must say that it is increasingly evident that New Years is fast approaching. It is halfway through November already, and Christmas is just around the corner.

That means that New Year’s Day comes soon after and everyone will be making their annual New Year’s Resolutions. I can just hear it now. I am going to . . blah blah . . this year. Here we go again.

Most people have really good intentions, but never seem to pull it off when the rubber meets the road. Why is this? Are these people just lazy? Don’t they have the motivation? Some of them really want to change. Why is it that many people cannot make this happen for themselves?

Whether it is quitting smoking, losing weight, getting more fit, paying down debt, or just making more money, each year people resolve that the next year will be different and they charge ahead full blast each January 1. Then they seem to fizzle out within a short time. It doesn’t happen for them.

Is this you? Have you had trouble meeting your New Years Resolutions in the past? Did you give up on some goal or habit that was tremendously important to you, that would have positively impacted your life for the better, that would have bumped your self image up a notch or two?

Or, are you one of those that sucked it up, bore down hard, gave it all you had, pushed through your past limits and then felt the excitement, the exhilaration you could only feel after pulling off a huge win?

Which scenario did you play out this year or years’ past? If you were in the latter group, then Congratulations!

If you were one of those who want to improve their strategies, then this year is your year. Another chance to show your stuff is coming around the corner. Where will you be on New Year’s Day when it is time to start another year and build momentum from Day 1? Let’s again move forward from here and positively impact our lives by developing empowering habit patterns to take us through this next year and beyond.

There is an article I read a few years ago, and printed it out for myself from Wannabebig Forums. It is called What Separates Us From Them . I am linking to it rather than reprinting it here because it is copyright material. This article is not for the weak hearted. Some people get really mad about how it makes them feel. Some get real belly laughs from the material.

This article is the real stuff, it describes bodybuilders and what makes them do what they do. However it can also be compared and used for going after whatever your heart desires. It will work for whatever goal you will apply it to. Hope you enjoy it. Until next time . . .

Al Smith

P.S. — Here’s another article about preparing for Healthy New Year’s Resolutions — Are You Setting Healthy New Years Resolutions?