It is that time of year when we all create goals and resolutions. 
Starting fresh in the New Year with all the promise and hope of a clean slate.
For me, I abandoned making resolutions 16 years ago.
As many of you know, I believe whole-heartedly in the power of starting the day over again. At any point. So resolutions have always set me up for failure because, well, you can probably imagine that I ALWAYS broke them early on in the year and then cast them aside or talked myself out of wanting the result.
Goals are different. Goals for me are about incremental change with the possibility for remarkable surprises. They are about looking to the future and putting the mini-plan in place to support each of those goals. Looking for opportunities to move closer to the goal in giant leaps facilitated by those incremental plans.
In my world, there are three absolutes for goals.
- They span all parts of my life: personal and professional. EXPAND!
- They are BIG dreams! They are scary and vulnerable! I utter the secrets that have been carried around inside me.
- They are specific. Through specificity comes the magic!
Have you taken the time to write down your 2012 goals?
Honestly. Do you have the goals written down? Are they in a place where you can see them each and every day? Living with my goals has become a tremendous inspiration to me. They are hanging on bright pink oversized post-it notes right over my desk
Now look at the annual goals.
- Do they span multiple areas of your personal and professional life?
- Are they big? Are they audacious? Do they make you think, “After I stand in disbelief, if this really comes to fruition I will be dancing/crying/high-fiving in my living room?”
- Are they very specific? Not sure- then my guess is that they are not. Specificity allows you to feel the relief of knowing if you are moving forward. Specificity allows the magic in between your actions to happen. Specificity gives you a litmus test as you whether a particular decision moves you closer or further away from that goal.
Take some much deserved time to dream and plan for 2012 during this holiday season. Happy New Year!
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