Posts Tagged ‘goals’
This week, I’ll finish writing a book. This is what I’ve learned
This week, I will finish writing my book manuscript and send it off to the publishers. This is something I’ve wanted to say since I was 24. I remember one sunny morning, decades ago, sitting with my Dad in his living room over coffee. It was the first time I’d dared to speak out loud…
Read MoreWhy You Should Ditch New Year’s Resolutions And Goals In Favour of This
This year I’m hopping off the New Year’s Resolution bandwagon. I’m even flirting with the idea of not setting any goals for 2018. (For anyone who knows me, this is a biiiig step. I’m goal addicted. I collect goals like Richard Branson collects tropical islands. Why am I dissing New Year’s resolutions and letting go…
Read MoreThrow Me a Rope – I’m Scaling a Procrastination Mountain Here
I’m currently experiencing the worst bout of procrastination of my entire life. It’s excruciating, it’s embarrassing, and I think it has the potential to sabotage the most significant goal of my professional career. Let me explain: I’m travelling to New York at the end of May to undertake research for the book I’m writing. In order for this trip to be a success, I…
Read MoreWhy New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work (and 2 powerful alternatives)
Here’s a frightening statistic. According to the University of Scranton research, only 8% of people actually achieve their New Year’s goals. Crazy right?! If resolutions or specific goal setting just ain’t your gig, don’t sweat it, you’re doing OK. Instead of the traditional resolution-fest, I’d like to suggest a different approach, which can apply to the beginning of…
Read MoreHow to Attain Your Goals in 2014 (Part 3:3)
Research on the psychology of goals shows success breaks down into two distinct areas: 1. Goal setting 2. Goal attainment. My first two posts in this series were concerned with goal setting. Today’s post focuses on the second area – goal attainment. Or more specifically, what you need to do to increase the chance of…
Read MoreStop, Reflect and Reset (Part 1:3)
The holidays provide us with a natural hiatus to stop, reflect and press the ‘reset’ button. It’s a great time to set our intentions for the coming year. For the past three years I have set aside a few hours over the Christmas break period to review the year retrospectively and set some goals for…
Read MoreWhat do you want?
1. What do you want? 2. What are you willing to do to get it? How often do we stop, pause and ask ourselves, “what do I want?” It could be in relation to our current role. Or our career. Or even our life in general. This is an important question. But an even more powerful question,…
Read MoreOne step forward, two steps back….
A few days ago I was asked the following question: “How do we keep ourselves true to our reformed behaviour, once we have made a commitment to change?” Becoming aware of a trait or habit which is holding us back is only half the battle in conquering it. Consistently maintaining the improvement once it has…
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