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Dec 31, 2021 · 1. Set reasonable and specific goals. The surest way to fall short of your goal is to make your goal unattainable. When establishing your goals, be selective. It’s better to move one thing forward...
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- Polishing Your Look. Get a haircut to freshen up your face. Schedule an appointment with your stylist early into the new year. You can get a trim for a subtle upgrade or go for a bold new hairstyle for a totally different look.
- Updating Your Attitude. Practice gratitude every day to fill your life with kindness. Practising gratitude can boost your mood overall and improve your outlook on life.
- Tidying up Your Environment. Start your spring cleaning early to tidy up your space. Shortly into the new year, clean up your room, kitchen, bathroom, and/or basement.
- Setting Goals and Intentions. Aim to try 1 new thing every month. In addition to your personal resolutions, it is helpful to strive to get out of your comfort zone at least 1 time each month.
- Expand Your Thinking with New experiences.
- Start A Business Plan.
- Make A Commitment to Fitness.
- Invest in A Bright Financial Future.
- Build Value Every Day.
- Practice The One-A-Day Principle.
- Increase Your Awareness of Your Thoughts.
- Schedule Family time.
- Stop Using The “Bad Thing” Label.
- Take Stock and Charge Forward.
Each month for 30 days in a row, commit to doing something new that you have thought about doing, but have not done, and notice how it affects your life. Some possibilities: 1. Do aerobic exercise for 30 minutes. 2. Listen to only positive music. 3. Don’t read the newspaper. 4. Stop watching television. 5. Eat only vegetarian or raw food. 6. Verbal...
If you’ve been sitting on a business idea for a while and haven’t acted on it, it’s time to do something about it. Write down your ideas and start working on a business plan. If you don’t know how, buy a book on starting a business and read it, or check the internet for tips.
Don’t just make a resolution and join a fitness center you won’t see after February—make a commitment and build fitness into your schedule. Join a class at your fitness club, an exercise group or a team sport. Or, if you can afford it, hire a trainer. Doing any of these things will not only make your workouts more productive, but they will also be ...
Start a savings account. I graduated from college, and I needed to start planning out my financial future. I want my financial future to be bright and to have no worries when I’m older and ready to retire. —Brandy Jules, former SUCCESS staff writer
Business is all about high-touch/high-trust relationships. In this age of dramatic distraction, it’s especially easy to forget that. People do business with people they trust and people who make them feel special. Create a ritual that ensures you reach out to three possible or current customers every day. This isn’t about asking for the order; this...
You can’t delight everybody all the time but you can do something extraordinary for someone each day. Find a customer, colleague, relative or friend each day and do something remarkable. Using the one-a-day principle will make your business and life remarkable. —Mark Sanborn, leadership development speaker and author of The Intention Imperative: 3 ...
Become aware of what leaves your mouth by recording everything you say for at least an hour each day for the entire month. Words have power! When you listen carefully to your language, you will know whether or not you are moving with momentum and purpose toward your vision. As you develop a keen awareness of your communication, you become empowered...
I want to set up a schedule that is devoted only to my family. Maybe it’s playing a game with the kids twice a week or going to get ice cream. It’s hard to make time to do those family things, but I want to make sure I’m working to live instead of living to work. —David Lee, owner of CoachDavidLee.com and former SUCCESS assistant editor
Whenever something happens that is not in line with our desires, we get disappointed. We stick the label “bad thing” on it. And when we do, we experience it as such. In truth, we do not know whether something unexpected is “good” or “bad,” and we may never know. When Greyston Bakeryfilled its first order for brownies for Ben & Jerry’s, the thin bro...
I’ll ask myself: What battles did I fight and not win last year? Are any of those battles worth continuing? Why didn’t I win them last year? What can I do to win them this year? How can I make those things I liked most about last year happen more frequently? —Alan Dwelle, former SUCCESS production manager
- Review Your Year. This one is first for a reason. It’s so important to take time to reflect upon the last year, before planning the next. How else will you know what worked and what didn’t?
- Audit Your Life. Let’s talk about your life. How are things going? Do you feel happy and successful, or frustrated and unsatisfied? It’s okay either way.
- Make a New Year’s Resolution. Do you believe in setting new year’s resolutions? A hope, wish, or desire for 2024? Have they come to pass in the past years for you?
- Have a Goal Setting Retreat. Ready to set goals and actually achieve them in 2024? A goal-setting retreat is a planned and dedicated time for goal-setting.
- Reflect on the previous year. Healthy things grow. Healthy people are no different, but to grow, we have to see where we are. Start by looking back at the previous year and ask yourself
- Ask yourself, “What do I want to improve upon and why?” You have the best opportunity to achieve the goals you set for yourself. Be careful not to set your goals based on what another person or our culture says.
- Set SMART goals. Ever heard of a SMART goal? SMART is an acronym coined in the Management Review Journal in 1981. It means specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound.
- Build a support system. Achieving goals is a lot easier when you surround yourself with people cheering you on. Come alongside friends or family, and all agree to share your goals and support each other.
Dec 8, 2021 · 1. Check Your Values-Goals Alignment. The new year is a great time to check in on your core values, both personally and for your organization, and determine how (or if) your goals align with...
If you’re wondering how to start the new year right — but you need to keep things SIMPLE — you’re in the right place. In this post, we’ll talk about five positive actions you can take today to set the tone for a year filled with purpose, peace, and personal growth.
