Happy New Year!

I just want to wish you a happy new year - and urge you to make 2008 your best year yet!

Now's the best time to set goals for your future. I'm not talking about silly new year resolutions that never last past January 3rd, I mean life direction in all the major areas of your world - health, money, relationships, family, fun... And here's one way to do just that:

How to make 2008 your better than best year so far!

The time for New Years Resolutions is past. Here's what works instead...

If you are having even the remotest thought about setting new year's resolutions...Don't!

They never work. By January 3rd you'll be smoking the fags, eating the doughnuts, guzzling the wine, kicking the cat and bitching about the neighbours just like the rest of us. Unless, that is, you use this process...

I was talking to a young lady yesterday who was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She moved to las Vegas 2 years ago to live and work there, and when she recently went back to Hawaii to visit, she cut her trip home short and came back to Vegas early. I asked her "Why on earth would you do that?" She told me "People in Hawaii are happy just scraping by. Noone wants to improve themselves or their lot. And I'm not like that"

Goal setting and changing habits may sound like cliches, but like all cliches, they are based on truths. At this time of year you can't get away from stop smoking ads, drink driving warnings and shopping channel gadgets all aimed squarely at those of us who like to indulge. Well, there's a free way to change your ways and make your lifestyle more rewarding, and the only thing you'll have to exercise is your brain...

You probably managed to achieve some of the things you set your heart on this year. And you probably managed to cock up a few times as well. Both of these are life lessons, in fact the latter are probably more important and teach you way more than the victories do.

Get more of the things you want, and change the things you don't. Here's how. Grab a pen and paper [or a keyboard seeing as how writing is becoming a dying art!] and answer the following 10 questions over the next 10 days. Then by January 1st you'll have a killer game plan to act as your treasure map for the next 12 months. And it works.

This is the exact goal setting process that I've used successfully for the last 7 years running, and I can vouch for its power. this works!

It isn't a cheesey Hallmark Card kind of process - this really does do what it says on the tin, mainly because you actually do look at your victories and your disaters from 2007 (yeah, me too!) and you realy do Learn from them. If you are willing to clench your teeth, get the learnings from your mistakes and successes, then you can apply those learnings in 2008.

Who is the best life coach for you? YOU are!

I recommend you do this over 10 days. Pick one step and take the day to jot down answers. Keep coming back to it, and capture your thoughts on paper or on the PC. The computer is better because you can keep it all in one place and read over it again in the future. Plus you can set up a template with the questions and leave room for your answers. Then next December all you need to do is cut 'n paste.

If you want to go the whole hog, then I can thoroughly recommend the book "Your Best Year Yet" by Jinny Ditzler. That's where this comes from.

1] What did I achieve in the last 12 months?

2] What were my biggest disapppointments?

3] What have these taught me?

4] How do I get in my own way, and how can I stop that?

5] What do I really want out of life?

6] What different roles do I play? What hats do I wear?

7] Which role do I need to focus on for the biggest benefit?

8] What is my top goal for each role/hat?

9] Therefore what are my top 10 goals for next year?

10] How can I make sure I achieve these? What/who can help me?


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Any plan is better than none at all. It doesn't matter whether you write 10 sentences, or a small book. Just genuinely take some time to answer these questions one per day over the next 10 days. You'll be glad you did.

Then put your top 3 learnings from Q3, your main focus area from Q 7 and your top 10 goals on a single sheet of paper, and stick it to your wall where you'll see it everyday. Visibility is key.