Goals vs. Resolutions for 2007
January 2nd 2007 05:14
Hello Everybody,
I'm gearing up to create my goals for my personal and professional life for 2007. I believe this is so much more powerful than resolutions. I like to do this throughout the year, but the New Year is a good time to refresh them and see what needs to be accomplished.
I usually do this with my wife and make a ritual out of it. We might have a nice dinner and sip some hot apple cider or something of that nature. This should actually be a fun exercise so enjoy it. Whatever feels right for you is how you should go about it. I usually like to create goals for different areas of my life, (e.g. personal, professional, health, financial), but you can start with just making a list of three.
Take a piece of paper and just number the three things that are the most important to you and in which you would like to attain for 2007. Now remember this is different than a resolution, so we are eliminating the negative from our minds. For example, I want to lose ten pounds, can be changed around to I am eating healthy and working out twice a week, or whatever your goal may be.
The purpose is twofold: 1) it becomes an affirmation, which I will explain later, and 2) it is a goal that puts us into the future. Many times the reason resolutions don’t work is because they are negative and tell us what we can’t do and are limiting. I can’t eat chocolate because I’m trying to lose ten pounds. This puts us in a self-defeating cycle, whereas goals on the other hand are aspirations that we are working towards. They are more supportive in that they don’t limit our horizons, but rather expand them. You can create any goal you want. Have fun with them.
I like to make a list of the things I want to accomplish for the year. Remember you can have anything you want so dream big! There is no goal that is too big or too small. The purpose is to get out of the limiting belief system that we sometimes hold on to when making goals. Some of these goals may find themselves as a short-term or 1 year goal, others as a medium or 3-5 year goal, and others may be long-term 10 year goals.
The mind will be better prepared to give you what you want if there is a tangible concrete written goal. Also be specific, instead of saying “I want to lose some weight”, you might say, “I am my ideal body weight of 160lbs. The other important aspect is to write your goals in the present tense. I am my ideal body weight, as if it is already true. The idea is to ask for what we would like to have for the coming year.
Now that you have your “wish list” you can now turn your goals into affirmations which will be covered in my next entry entitled “Affirmations in Action.”
In Success and Gratitude,
George
I'm gearing up to create my goals for my personal and professional life for 2007. I believe this is so much more powerful than resolutions. I like to do this throughout the year, but the New Year is a good time to refresh them and see what needs to be accomplished.
I usually do this with my wife and make a ritual out of it. We might have a nice dinner and sip some hot apple cider or something of that nature. This should actually be a fun exercise so enjoy it. Whatever feels right for you is how you should go about it. I usually like to create goals for different areas of my life, (e.g. personal, professional, health, financial), but you can start with just making a list of three.
Take a piece of paper and just number the three things that are the most important to you and in which you would like to attain for 2007. Now remember this is different than a resolution, so we are eliminating the negative from our minds. For example, I want to lose ten pounds, can be changed around to I am eating healthy and working out twice a week, or whatever your goal may be.
The purpose is twofold: 1) it becomes an affirmation, which I will explain later, and 2) it is a goal that puts us into the future. Many times the reason resolutions don’t work is because they are negative and tell us what we can’t do and are limiting. I can’t eat chocolate because I’m trying to lose ten pounds. This puts us in a self-defeating cycle, whereas goals on the other hand are aspirations that we are working towards. They are more supportive in that they don’t limit our horizons, but rather expand them. You can create any goal you want. Have fun with them.
I like to make a list of the things I want to accomplish for the year. Remember you can have anything you want so dream big! There is no goal that is too big or too small. The purpose is to get out of the limiting belief system that we sometimes hold on to when making goals. Some of these goals may find themselves as a short-term or 1 year goal, others as a medium or 3-5 year goal, and others may be long-term 10 year goals.
The mind will be better prepared to give you what you want if there is a tangible concrete written goal. Also be specific, instead of saying “I want to lose some weight”, you might say, “I am my ideal body weight of 160lbs. The other important aspect is to write your goals in the present tense. I am my ideal body weight, as if it is already true. The idea is to ask for what we would like to have for the coming year.
Now that you have your “wish list” you can now turn your goals into affirmations which will be covered in my next entry entitled “Affirmations in Action.”
In Success and Gratitude,
George
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