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How to set achievable goals for 2010

 

It's never too early to start planning your future success!

 

What goals have you set yourself for the New Year, and how determined are you to achieve them? After all, 2010 is now only a matter of weeks away.

 

Statistically, 70% of people who set New Year resolutions will have abandoned them by the 3rd week of January, and of the 30% that don’t 90% of them will have given-up by June!

 

I’m sure this has never happened to you - and what can you do now to ensure you arrive at the end of 2009 counting yourself in the top 5% of people that do in fact follow through and achieve what they set out to achieve at the beginning of the year?

 

Follow my 5 Top Tips to Setting Achievable Goals, and notice the difference when  you say to yourself:

 

  • 3rd week of January, ‘yes, I’m still doing my goals’. 
  • June, ‘still focused’. 
  • December 2010, ‘wow, I feel great now that I’ve delivered on what I promised myself, and in fact achieved even more than that’! 

 

Believe me, this can be you’re story. Every year end I get emails from people I’ve worked with telling me how great they feel with all the success they’ve created in their lives, such as this one I received from Monica a couple of days before Christmas:

 

 

‘Thanks so much for all your support and encouragement over the last 3 months. I really enjoyed our coaching sessions, and the work we've done has really brought home the fact that I am in control of my life, and I have the power to change things! I truly feel like I'm in a different place 3 months on, and yes, there may still be things I need to work on, but you've equipped me with some valuable tools that will continue to help me on my journey.

Wishing you all the best as this year draws to a close, and I will no doubt be in touch next year for my next lot of sessions!

Take care Mike!
Monica, Reading, England


 

Whether you choose to coach with me, follow one of my e-programmes or books, or simply implement the following 5 Top Tips to Setting Achievable Goals I know you’ll also then have the opportunity to be one of the people who email me next year to tell me of the success you’ve created in your life simply by following through on your goals.

 

5 Top Tips to Setting Achievable Goals

 

Step One:

'Begin With The End In Mind'

Stephen Cover wrote in habit 2 of his ground breaking book, 'The 7 Habit's of Highly Effective People', that you should begin each task with a clear idea of what you want your outcome to be. Begin that now with the title ‘Achievements 2010' somewhere you're sure to read it often (fridge door, iPhone, screen saver, etc) – and rather than list down what you’d like to do, make this a list of what you will have achieved by the end of 2010. For example, if you’d like to learn Spanish write, ‘learned Spanish’ and follow it up with the action below in Step Two.

 

Step Two:

Get Motivated!

The more motivated you are, the more likely it is you will follow through and achieve your goals. Making it emotional, an event you’ll want to remember for years to come will increase that. Write your goal with feeling; for example, ‘learned Spanish’, can become, ‘took weekly Spanish classes and enjoyed a holiday in Madrid, and it was fantastic to understand and be able to talk with people in Spanish whilst I was there - I feel absolutely fantastic’. Increasing the emotional impact of what success will bring will increase motivation. If you haven't already watched DVD ‘The Secret’ (www.thesecret.tv) get a copy now and learn more about ‘the law of attraction’.

 

Step Three:

Write It Down!

Research going back more than 50 years always comes back with the same results; people who write down their goals achieve a higher degree of success than those that don't. If this is new to you, simply getting this new habit will dramatically increase your chances of success. Diarize your steps. Record your results. Keep a Success Journal of your journey. Last year I gave diaries to 10 subscribers of my eNewsletter ‘Your Best Life’ with only one proviso, that they use them, and here's one of the most emails I received as a result…

 

 

‘Hi Mike, thanks again for the diary. It’s amazing how something so small as writing appointments, even times like going to the gym, reading a book, and calling friends has made those events more likely to happen. And the really great thing is how I feel so much better because it’s me that’s done them all. Thanks so much. All the best for 2010!
Kerry, Florida.

Step Four:

See It The Way You Want It!

Visualize; see what you want happening in your imagination everyday, and in fact several times throughout each day. It’s often said how we get what we focus on. By making sure that focus is on what you do want to happen, then your mind and body will be in sync to ensure you achieve it. Think of visualization as a ‘mental rehearsal’ – athletes have done it for decades, CEO's and entrepreneurs spend thousands being coached how to do it, and this year bank employees, school teachers and students have been just some of the groups of people I've been employed to take through the steps to this simple technique. Spend time visualizing living what you want to have IN ADVANCE, every day, several times a day.

 

Step Five:

Take Action - EVERY DAY!!

Take action every day. The most important thing is to do something - the worst thing you could do would be nothing at all. Take big steps, small steps, or intermediary steps – but take steps, a baby never learned to walk by not walking. Walk. Plan, support yourself, get a coach, enlist the help of a colleague, family member, or a friend when needed, and take the steps you know you need to take. It’s like joining the dots on a paper; individually they may be isolated and mean little, yet by joining them together you get a picture, a stronger meaning. 

 

PS: Above all, follow through on your plans for 2010. See yourself bigger, taller, more than you were in 2009 - and look forward to growing into the new you during 2010. Keep in touch and remember, I'm waiting to hear from you in December 2010!!

 

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Quote of the day... 'Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can't - you're probably right!'
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'Dear Mike: 'Thank you so much for the coaching we've done this year. I know I'm in a totally different place now than I was 12 months ago, and whilst you remind me it's me that has done all the work, I also know it's you I have to thank with all the support and encouragement to get me there. I look forward to continue coaching with you in 2009 and achieving some more of my dreams - which I now know can become my reality.''
Tony Roberts, Entrepreneur, Birmingham, England
 
'Dear Mike: 'I attended the workshop you did with The Coaching Academy this weekend, and I wanted to write to say firstly a big thank you for all the energy and insight you put into the two days, and also let you know your inspiration has helped me decide I also want to train as a coach. Who know' s what type of coach I'll be just yet, though just to know I'm 'a work in progress' as I remember you said we all are, is a good place to be. I know we'll be in touch and I look forward to doing some more of my coach training with you. 
Brian Davis, Birmingham, England