How to stick those new year's resolutions!

Okay, it’s January 7th. How are your new year’s resolutions going? I’ve always found new years resolutions to be interesting, and quite frankly I quit making resolutions when I was about 18. By that time I realized that the cycle of making the resolution, getting excited about the possibilities, pushing myself to “achieve results” and feeling bad about the eventual failure was not something I enjoyed. Not making resolutions seemed like a much better idea.

Fast forward almost 20 years and I discovered that I was making new years resolutions again – but now they stuck! Of course, I didn’t call them new year’s resolutions anymore because that term has negative connotations for me. I was just creating goals. The difference is that I was reaching them.

So what changed in those 20 years? Did I develop more self discipline? Not really. Did I have lower expectations and set easier goals? No. What changed was my knowledge and skill in creating change. I discovered that no matter what change I wanted to create, there were a few key things I needed to know how to do before I even started. None of them are rocket science, and the longer I practice them the easier it gets. The things I needed to understand were fear, choices, habits and courage. Once I understood how to harness the power in these key areas I was able to apply them to any change I wanted to create – including my new years resolutions.

Yes, I do make resolutions now. And to help other people reach theirs I’ve helped put together a summit on these key areas. In January of 2009 it is totally free and available on-line so grab this opportunity while it lasts and register here.