Personal Development

Build success on success

Do you know it’s a sad fact that about 98% of people fail within one month of making their resolutions. Only yesterday someone was telling me that she had resolved to spend more time reading quality books but had already reverted to just aimlessly flicking the channels on the TV.

So what’s the answer?

I believe you have to build success on top of success and create an environment that makes it much easier to succeed. When you just try to change your behaviour but without changing anything else it’s much more difficult because you are relying on will power. Here’s a simple process I’ve been using for several years and I can tell you it works.

Just ask yourself and write down the answers to the following questions.

1) What did I achieve, and what were my most special moments last year? Try to capture as many as possible.

2) What were my biggest challenges last year? What did I hate doing and what were my biggest disappointments?

3) What did I learn that I can take into this year? What do I want to repeat and what do I need to avoid?

4) Taking myself forward to the end of this year and looking back what must have happened for me to feel totally happy and satisfied with my year? Use your powers of visualisation to really engage and imagine the outcomes you want. What does success look, sound and feel like?

5) Create specific, written goals in each of your most important life areas. Now just pick just a small number, say four, absolute priority goals for 2006.

6) Get serious. It’s not about whether you can but whether you will.

Create the right environment. Find and work with people who already have the results you want. Get a coach. Avoid negative people who will drag you down. Reward your successes along the way because the behaviour you reward you want to repeat.

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