By now you know that I think New Year’s resolutions are a complete waste of time. The very act of making a new year’s resolution is a setup for failure because of your lifetime conditioning. But I still felt compelled to share some thoughts on the year ahead with you. As you look forward, make commitments not resolutions. The only goal I have this year is to accomplish more this year than I have in my entire life.
I think theres a substantial gap between what we’re capable of accomplishing in a day, and what most people get done in a day. If you look at that in the context of a year that gap becomes even wider. It’s time to narrow that gap and I this is how I plan to do it.
Take Action
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that in order to generate a result you need to take action. You can sit around strategizing, brainstorming, and perfecting your idea until the end of time or end of 2012. But, until you take that first step NOTHING is going to happen.
Show Up Everyday
I’m not going to lie to you. This takes discipline. Don’t let anything get in the way of your consistent effort on a daily basis. Momentum will be an incredibly powerful weapon in your arsenal.
Review Your Progress Daily
This is another one of those things that has to become a habit. But I’ve noticed as I’ve done this over the last 3 weeks, I’ve completed more writing on a project that I have been holding off on for months than ever before. There are some things you simply won’t work on daily because it doesn’t make sense and that’s fine. Just make sure you’re moving forward.
Change Course When Necessary
Sometimes the action you’re taking is not going to produce a result. Be careful that you don’t confuse failure with delayed gratification. But on the flip side of that make sure you don’t confused activity with accomplishment. When you think it might be time, don’t be afraid to take one turn in a different direction.
Add New Goals to Your List
This is what is going to make it possible to accomplish more this year than you have in your whole life. Some people set a goal and once they accomplish that goal, they wipe their slate clean and celebrate. I recently set a goal to hit 4000 subscribers for this blog in the next 90 days. I’m at about 3400 right now so I might hit it sooner. I’ll probably replace that goal with 6000 subscribers. Don’t become a victim of your own success.
Reduce the Amount of Information You Consume
Most people who do anything related to self help are information addicts. I’ve been there. They continually look for the next magic bullet that will solve every problem in their life. The funny thing is almost every self help product could be your magic bullet if you just stick to one religiously. So pick one and listen to so many times that you could repeat it verbatim.
Read Books
I know this directly contradicts the point above. But I think that you will be better off for having read more books. I’ve probably read more books in the last 2 years than I did in the first 8 years of my career.
Stay Inspired
Throughout the course of any journey there are going to be days that test your patience and build your character. The difference between people who make it and those who don’t is how they respond to those days. I’ve had more than my share in this lifetime. I’ve been listening to Zig Ziglar quite a bit lately and this point I’ve made it a daily habit to listen to him for at least an hour. Find something like that to keep you inspired.
If you need a bit of assistance in helping you stay on track I recommend this guide I picked up called Pick Four which is Seth Godin’s adaptation of Zig Ziglar’s goals program. It allows you to pick 4 goals and gives you a notebook that track each goal daily. It comes in a 4 pack and is 20 dollars well spent. Just click on the image below and it will take you to Amazon.
I’m done with living in survival mode. It’s time to thrive, and crush it in 2012.
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I like Zig I think I'll take that advice and start setting some time aside daily for motivation to focus my mind on becoming more successful. Sometimes tracking progress can be rather...emotionally straning when you don't see the results you want right away so it's good to stay motivated. Cool Post Rao!!
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