Happy New Year, and welcome to 2016!
Millions of people will be making new year resolutions this year, trying to make themselves into a better version of themself. Unfortunately, today being January 2nd, probably about half of these people have already failed.
Here are some simple thoughts about the three different types of resolutions (goals):
Quitting: Trying to quit a 'bad' habit is the hardest of all the goals. Stop smoking, stop drinking, stop checking facebook, etc. These are excellent goals and will definitely make for a better, more healthy you.
The challenge is because they never end. Everytime you have a craving, you have to fight it off. And then, if you have another craving even 5 minutes later, you have to fight it off again. (It's kind of like the terminator in that regard.)
Don't take these goals lightly. Yes they are worth going after, but only if you have a full game plan in place and you're completely dedicated to winning.
Multiple Process Goals: Something like losing weight, which is an excellent goal and one which will have many positive impacts on your life, but it's not as simple as it sounds.
You'll probably have an 'eating' component, and an 'exercise' component, and each one of those can have sub-goals and daily opportunities for success or failure.
Single Task Goals: These goals are straight forward, easy to identify, count, and track. An example would be something like 'exercise 3 days per week'. You can plan for this, do it, and check it off your list.
These goals might not be easy, but they are more likely to be successful, because they can be tracked at the task level.
Summary
You can be successful at any goal you choose, as long as you can break that goal down into actionable (and trackable) events, and then you go after it with passion and dedication.
Happy 2016!
- Chris Butterworth
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