Have You Ever Re-Gifted Your New Year’s Resolution?

Have You Ever Re-Gifted Your New Year’s Resolution?

The end of the year is a time when most of us start to feel a bit anxious, if not guilty, about not accomplishing the New Year's Resolution we’d made just eleven months earlier.

In but a few days, it will be time to make yet another formal promise with ourselves for the coming year that we will, come hell or high water, make it happen. 

That feeling of uneasiness creeps in once again. We try our best to ignore the sham of it all. Of course, I’m talking about the really big goal; the one that puts you in that completely new, higher level of success, stability and power.

We know darn well how badly we want to accomplish … deserve to accomplish … what is seemingly beyond our reach. The problem is, it just doesn’t seem attainable.

Have you ever found yourself re-gifting an old, unaccomplished resolution?

Somehow, this year will be different! I will make it happen … hell … or … high water! (Prop: sound of a balloon releasing its last bit of air.)

Rest assured, you can make your Resolutions happen, year after year!

Part of the art of resolution-making is knowing what to set in stone that shall be done.

Here are 3 valid things to consider when making your New Year's Resolution stick:

1. Attainable vs. Unrealistic Goals

There’s nothing quite so disappointing as an unobtainable target. It’s one thing to reach further than what you actually want, but it needs to be realistic.

“One million books sold” is exciting! But you have to ask yourself, “HOW will this happen?” If your answer is, “My publisher will do it,” then you’re in for yet another December 2016 filled with anxiety.

Your New Year’s Resolution has to be attainable within a 12-month period.

Resolve to attain a remarkable, but “doable under difficult and demanding circumstances” goal. Know that you have the wherewithal (or can get what is needed) to bring about something bigger and better than what you have been able to thus far. 

Just keep it real.

2. Strategize

Figuring out a high-level strategy on what to do to get it done will keep you grounded. 

Pie-in-the-sky dreams are what may keep us motivated, but a pragmatic approach will allow for real and assured results. 

The difference between a dream and a goal is: 

Dreams are nice things to think about. They go no further than that. (There is no ownership or responsibility.)

Goals are dreams we’ve taken responsibility for in deciding to make them happen.

Remember, without full ownership of an outcome, nothing will be accomplished.

3. Write a Plan

A plan will force you to remain realistic. It will also get you to figure out how you will actually accomplish your New Year's Resolution. 

Turn your strategy into a practical process of logical, manageable steps. 

Things such as the following should be thought out:

  • What are the steps involved? 
  • Who specifically is going to do the different steps? 
  • When should the steps be completed in order to meet the deadlines? 

Plan out every thing that needs to be done. Don’t worry if some things don’t go as planned or within the estimated time periods. Continue to adjust the plan as needed.  

Stay on it, push the processes and targets to get done and your resolution will be accomplished.

Reaching an exciting, more realistic New Year’s Resolution is much better than not reaching a really large, unrealistic one. 

The feeling of measurable progress is priceless in creating drive for you for the coming new year.

To your success & happiness!

Robert Nahas

BIO

Robert Nahas is a best-selling author and Founder/CEO of Writer Services, LLC. For more than 15 years, he has been a thought leader in the book writing industry. 

Robert works with professional athletes, entrepreneurs, celebrities, VIPs . . . to achieve their highest, long-term goals through book writing & publishing, developing valuable information products & services, and expanding their careers by helping them position themselves as top experts in their fields. 

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8y

Thank you, it's helpful and motivating.

Camellia Hamdy

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8y

A much-needed (sharp!) prod in the back. Helpful and motivating; thank you.

Writing a plan is most impressive suggestion which will help clarify your own mind to differentiate between achievable and non achievable goals.

I really like the part of writing a plan!! Putting it in writing on paper will help me and remind me constantly.

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