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Diet & Nutrition

2006-12-01 15:48:00

How to focus on New Year resolutions

ANSWER: This sounds familiar to many people. You are PSYCHED about achieving a goal! You just KNOW you can do it this time! You're ready, you have a good plan to follow and you're determined to follow it! You've got that picture in your mind of where you want to end up, and you're off! The days go well for a few, and then all of a sudden, without any warning at all, life steps in. Your schedule is overwhelmed due to a new idea at work. Your emotions are on end because you found out someone you'd trusted for years has betrayed you. Your friends are saying, "Just go back to working on this goal later, right now you need to deal with this issue." You've just been had by the Motivation Assassinators!!!! They're out there. And they're in everyone's life. Do you know what they are in yours? The story I've just taken you through has happened to anyone who sets out to achieve a goal. No matter if the goal is weight loss, a project to complete, a financial or career goal, or something else, Donna Krech, President of Victory Management, has discovered the reason WHY we don't hit our goals! They are the Motivation Assassinators. There are six Motivation Assassinators and they are ALWAYS the reason we get stopped dead in the middle of working on a goal. You'll find that the ones that come against you are usually the ones that always come against you. They create a very predictable pattern. This is great because this then means you can create a very predictable pattern for overcoming them. And, yes, they absolutely can be overcome!! The six assassinators are: 1. Focus… or actually lack of focus. Just setting a goal, building a dream, and even creating a plan is not enough. You must have a powerful "why", a reason for wanting to reach the goal. 2. Negative belief system. Words like "I can't do this," or "This is too hard," or "I just wasn't created for this", "My family isn't this way", "I'm not smart enough, strong enough, good enough," these all come from a negative belief system. 3. Habits. These are the things we do without even thinking about them. For example, we overspend, or we sit in front of the TV eating the chips, or we argue with our children or spouse because it's what we do all the time. Even doubt itself is a nasty, motivation killing habit. 4. Emotional Reaction. Do you find yourself becoming seriously angry or tearful when something happens to wreck your plan? Do you ever run for comfort foods or a comfort position like in front of the TV or computer? This is the emotional reaction assassinator at work. 5. Surroundings or Social Influence. Do you behave in certain ways because people around you expect you to? Do you give in because other people want something even though you may not want to? 6. Time Management. This is the biggest culprit of the 21st century! You may over promise; you may try to get too much into one day and always feel behind because of that. You may be too busy or you may procrastinate. All of which are time management issues! The bottom line is this. You CAN beat these Motivation Assassinators. You can execute them before they execute your dreams. Once you figure out which assassinators get in the way of your motivation, you can begin to overcome them.