The Resource January 2014 Volume 1 Issue 001 | Page 16
6 Ways To Keep Your
New Years Resolutions
1. Let go of your past: Every football coach knows the saying,
“It’s not how many times you fall that matters, it’s how many
times you get back up.” Past failure is a good teacher, but ultimately, it doesn’t matter, because you have no control over your
past. But you have to do something: Stop looking back. Get your
eyes off the past, and start focusing on the future.
2. Know your destination: If you don’t know where you’re
going, you’ll never know when you get there. Before you start
the journey toward change, know specifically what you want to
accomplish. And don’t forget to reward yourself along the way.
Goals are great, but if they take too long to achieve, you’ll give
up. So create “mini-goals” to encourage you along the journey.
3. Take Control of your Priorities and Eliminate Destructive
Distractions: Don’t allow insignificant distractions keep you
from changing your life. Like re-arranging deck chairs on the
Titanic, millions of people spend enormous time on things that
really don’t matter, while their lives spin out of control. You’ll
never reach your goals unless you understand the power of priorities. Spend less time on what seems “urgent” at the moment and
more time on what really matters.
4. Overcome Fear and Insecurity: What are you afraid of?
Insecurity and fear keep more people from achieving greatness
than anything else in my experience, and in most cases, it has
very little basis in fact. The great religions of the world tell us
that human beings are originals. From Christianity’s perspective,
you are a child of God, created in His image. What could possibly
keep you from reaching your potential? Every day, take a first
step into an area that you’ve been afraid of, and everyday, you’ll
be placing a new brick in the foundation of a better life. The old
Southern preacher was right: “God didn’t make no junk!” You
are special, you are unique, and there’s nothing that you and God
can’t accomplish together.
5. Find Personal Cheerleaders: Surround yourself with friends
who believe in you, and eliminate negative people from your
life. I cannot stress this enough. Spend less time with people who
drain your energy and resources, and more time with people who
love and support your dreams and goals.
6. Appreciate the Mystery of Life: Life isn’t about finding all
the right answers, it’s about asking the right questions. So often
we waste time and money on simplistic self-help answers. But
the fact is, life just isn’t simple. It’s a complex process, but at the
same time, it’s a wonderful process of discovery. Let go of the
need to have all the answers, and allow a little mystery to happen
in your life!
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