HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!

Make sure to enjoy this last day of 2011 and get ready for a superb start to 2012!! Be safe, and have a good celebration tonight!!  See you all in 2012 :)

Tips to Keep this Year's New Years Resolutions!!!

New Years is upon us, and if you are like me and millions, millions others, you are starting to create your new year's resolutions list. Similar to me (insert sad face here), new year's resolutions are IMPOSSIBLE to keep, therefore I am including a list created by Mental toughness expert Steve Siebold (author of book, 177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class). This list will HOPEFULLY END our inability to keep our new year's resolutions. Enjoy and make sure to follow them.....I sure will!!

·         Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.  Winners have a “whatever it takes” attitude.  They’ve made the decision to pay any price and bear any burden in the name of victory.  

·         Realize that 99% compliance is failure.  

·         Expect to feel pain or suffer.  Most people run into an obstacle and seek escape.  Have a plan to push forward when this happens.  If you’re not ready to suffer during adversity, you’re not going to be successful.  

·         Don’t focus on how to do it, but rather, why should I do it?  Why do I want this goal to become a reality?  The intensity of emotion with which this question is answered will determine whether the dream comes alive or dies.

·         Get really clear about what you want to change.  Don’t just say “I want to lose weight,” but get specific and say “By March 1 I want to lose 15 pounds.  I’m going to eat well, exercise each day and get really committed to doing this once and for all.”  Setting a timeline will help avoid procrastination.   

·         77% of what we say to ourselves is negative, so don’t give into the negative thoughts that the goal is impossible.  Keep asking yourself how can I make this happen? 

·         Feed your visions and starve your fears.  The best way to do this is by creating a vision board.  If you want to lose weight for example, cutout pictures of really fit people and tape them on a poster board.  Hang the vision board in a very visible location.  This will reinforce the goals into your subconscious. 

·         One of the biggest problems is that most people have no means of accountability or a support system in place.  Go after your goals with a friend or spouse and keep each other on track.  

·         Avoid delusion and operate from objective reality.  In other words, realize that making a change is going to be hard work, not a walk in the park.

 

One of my resolutions is to look like this again!

•        Stop caring about what other people think

of your goals.