It's finally 2010. It's been a decade since 2000.
In year 2000, I'm still at primary 6. Waiting to take my PSLE at the end of the year.
2010. I'm at university.
10 years has passed. For me, more than 20 years has passed in my life.
Time really flies, don't you think so?
If we look back at the past 10 years of our lives, what are the things you feel happy that you have done them?
What are those that you feel that you should not have not in your last 10 years?
or What are the things that you wanted to do for the past 10 years, but have not yet done them, till today? *Losing weight is the most common one. hehe
If we look forward, we can comfort ourselves and say that we have 10 more years to acheive all these 'yet-to-accomplished' goals.
However, most of these goals will still be 'yet-to-accomplished' goals in 10 years time, if nothing is done to achieve them.
Every New Year, 1/1/XXXX, we love to write down new year resolutions.
We love to share with others what's our resolutions for this coming year.
We love to tell others that ''We want to have a better life this year" , "We want to lose weight this year", "I want to get promoted this year"... etc
But many times, we forget our resolutions on the 2/1/XXXX, 2nd day of new year. In fact, some of us can't remember what are the goals we set, when we approach December of that year.
Some of my friends say that, "Why set new year resolutions when you can't even remember them at the end of the year?'
And when you can't even recall your goals, you are not going to achieve them too!
Hence, I would like to share some reasons why many people can't achieve the goals they have set at the beginning of the year...
1) Vague, UnClear Goals. Not Specific enough.
Like the above-mentioned goals. People like to lose weight. People like to get promoted. People like to earn more money. These goals are too Vague!
When your goals are vague, you will not do anything to do it! Clarity is Power. When you know Specifically what you want to get, you will know How to get it.
If you want to lose weight, to be more specifically, 20 kg in 6 months, then you know that how much exercise you need, and how much excess food to cut down daily.
If you want to be promoted, to be more specifically, position of manager, then you know the demands required by the company for you to be promoted.
If you want to earn more, for example in sales, to be more specifically, $1000/month, then you know the amount of effort you have to put in to generate leads, no. of appointments/day...etc
Solution: Be Specific.
2) Lack of Consistent Focus
Many people 'talk' about new year resolutions when asked. When they are not asked, they won't talk about it. In fact, people talk about new year resolutions only on new year's days!
Or many write their resolutions down, and put it aside, and discover them at the end of the year, when they did some housekeeping.
What they lack is consistent focus on their goals. They are not reminded of their goals daily, and hence, they are not taking actions daily to achieve that goal.
After writing down a goal of losing weight, 20kg in 6 months, they may be fired up to run 5km per day, for the 1st week. However, when they are caught up with other things in life, they lost the focus of their goal, and went back to their usual habits.
Solution: The key is to stay focused with your goals everyday, by writing it down in paper, and put it in visible everyday. Read them out everyday, every morning, to remind yourself of the goals.
3) Just an Interest, Not a Commitment.
Many of us give new year resolutions for 'fun', since it's a new year, and we hope for something nice, something sweet, something good.
We 'like' to lose more weight, we 'hope' to earn more money, we 'hope' to strengthened our relationships...
We 'like', We 'hope'... so, even if we didn't achieve them, we will find some excuses to justify these promises. "Ah, I have a different body from others, and losing weight is exceptionally hard for me. Anyway, nobody knows that I want to lose weight this year"
Solution: Make a public commitment. Tell everybody you know, you see everyday, and share it everywhere you can too. On Facebook, Twitter, your blog, forums...etc. By making a public announcement, you have put yourself on the line! And this makes you very hard not to achieve your goal. (You don't want to look like a NATO (No-Action-Talk-Only) person to your friends yea).
Alright. We have started 2010. Let make our goals as exciting as we can, and hopefully you can share your goals here with all the readers on my blog (making a public commitment!!). We will cheer you on to achieve them!
*Of course, I will share my goals too in upcoming posts!
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