November Newsletter

 

 

The 3 C’s to achieving your goals!

 

Commitment

 

By making a firm commitment to achieve your goals, you put aside all excuses and become more determined and focused than ever before.  Successful people set and write down their goals and then refuse to budge no matter what happens until they have achieved them.

 

Once you have set clear, specific goals with definite tasks and deadlines, your subconscious mind will then set about finding solutions and opportunities to help you get them.  Without deadlines it is easy to procrastinate and put off important tasks.

 

Completion

 

It is very common for people to complete 90% of a task and then slack off the final completion.  You must discipline yourself to fight off this natural tendency and push through to completion.

 

Every time you complete a task your brain releases endorphins which give you a sense of well-being and elation.  The greater the task, the more endorphins are released.  Those that work with me regularly, know how I use the reward and punishment system for completing action steps.  Well this is nature’s way of rewarding you.

 

Everyone likes to feel like a winner and you get a feeling of winning by completing a task 100%.  When this habit of task completion kicks in, your life will begin to improve in ways you can’t imagine.

 

However, the reverse is also true.  The incompletion of a task is a major source of stress and anxiety.  If you have ever had a major assignment that you have put off, you will understand what I am talking about.  The longer you wait, the closer the deadline, the greater the stress.  It can start to keep you awake at night.  When you finally complete it you have a great feeling of relief.

 

Closure

 

Bringing closure to an issue is essential for you to feel happy and in control of your situation.  Lack of closure, unfinished business or incomplete task is a major source of stress, dissatisfaction and failure.  It consumes an enormous amount of physical and emotional energy.

 

December Newsletter

 

I hope you are looking forward to the festive season.  The end of the year is almost upon us so it’s a good opportunity to take this time to reflect on what you have achieved over the past year.  What challenges have you overcome and what have you learnt from them?  If we learn from every situation, then we can never fail.  Show gratitude to everyone that has come into or out of your life.

 

Every event has two sides and we selectively choose one side, either that it is wrong or right, negative or positive, whereas in fact it is neither.  It is just an event.  Some events or situations challenge us and teach us how to be stronger.

 

As my gift to you, I would like to share with you Ten Secrets – (with thanks to Dr Wayne Dyer and Dr John Demartini)

 

The First Secret

Have a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing.   Let neither pleasure nor pain interfere with the pursuit of your Purpose.

 

The Second Secret

You will be praised and reprimanded to the same degree at all times.

 

The Third Secret

You can’t give away what you don’t have so fill your cup first.

 

The Fourth Secret

Embrace both sides of love, the so called negative and positive.

 

The Fifth Secret

Give up your personal history.  The past was perfect to get you here.

 

The Sixth Secret

You can’t solve a problem with the same mind that created it.

 

The Seventh Secret

There are no justified resentments.

 

The Eighth Secret

Treat yourself as if you already are what you’d like to be.

 

The Ninth Secret

Treasure your divinity.  You are Magnificent.

 

The Tenth Secret

Wisdom is the instantaneous realisation that crisis is a blessing

 

Have a Fantastic Christmas and New Year!

 

January Newsletter

 

Happy new year to you!

 

What goals have you set for yourself this year?  How determined are you to achieve them?

 

Did you know that 70% of people who set new years resolutions will have abandoned them by the 3^rd week of January and of the 30% that don’t, 90% of them will have given up by June?

 

SO……..what can you do now to ensure that you arrive at the end of 2008, in the top 5% of those that do follow through and achieve what they set out to achieve at the beginning of the year?

 

Follow my top tips for setting and achieving goals and notice the difference when you see yourself still on track as the months go by.

 

Step One

Always write your goals down on paper.  It is proven that you are 70% more likely to achieve your goal if it is written down.

 

Step Two

Use my SPADE criteria when setting your goals:-

 

S stands for specific.  Be as specific as you can.  If your goal is to earn more money, then exactly how much?  If you earned an extra £1 you would be

earning more so your subconscious needs to know exactly how much more.

                

P is for present and positive tense.  Write your goals as if they are happening now and always in the positive so don’t write what you don’t want, write       what you do.

 

A is for achievable, you don’t want to set yourself up for failiure.

 

D is for date, When are you going to achieve this by?

 

E is for emotional evidence.  You need an end step so that you know that you have got your goal and put some feelings into it.

 

Step Three

Now you have your goal you need to chunk it down into manageable milestones and diarise them.

 

Step Four

Read your goals every day and visualise yourself there.  Imagine that it’s happening now.  Remember, you get what you focus on so focus on what you want to be happening.

 

Step Five

Take action.  Ask yourself everyday, “what can I do to get me closer to my goal.”  “Is what I am doing now moving me closer or further from my goal?”

 

Step Six

ENJOY THE JOURNEY!