Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Time for New Years Resolutions

I've been reading on other blogs about the kinds of resolutions people are making for 2010.

The thing about resolutions is that they have gotten a bad rap. We all know that most people make resolutions, then forget them about as quickly as they made them. It's a bad cliche at this point.

This year, I resolve to make NO RESOLUTIONS! Instead, I am going to make some GOALS for my year.

My goals are designed to make 2010 my BEST YEAR EVER.

I expect there will be modifications to those goals throughout the year and that there will be obstacles to achieving those goals throughout the year but that is all to be expected and will be dealt with as the year progresses.

One of the first things I learned about goals is that you have to keep track of them. If you don't track them, you won't achieve them. You don't need an advanced degree in astrophysics to know that's the truth.

So how does one track goals?

I found some neat tips on the Lifehacker website for some tools that may be helpful in tracking goals. You might find some of them useful. Check out the Five Best Goal-Tracking Tools on their site for some ideas.

Besides tracking goals, I also plan to use whatever tricks I can find or develop, to help make my goals a reality. I found another nice article on Lifehacker titled "Top 10 Mind Hacks for Making Your Resolutions Stick".

Some of these ideas are great. I plan to use at least some of them.

As for the rest of my goals for this year, I'll keep the specifics to myself for now but I'm sure mine are similar to yours since we pretty much all want the same things in the areas of prosperity, health and happiness.

So good luck with your resolu . . . goals for this year, and let me know how you progress along your path.

Oh, one of my other goals is to blog more regularly. Not daily, but definitely, more regularly. I think this post is a good start.

Don't you?

P.S. Just came across this great list of 10 things to do instead of making New Years resolutions.

1 comment:

Arnold said...

With my trusty Performertrack membership that just keeps getting better and better. I have taken action by selecting a date and borken it down with the use of this fantastic article from marketing coach Dallas Travers.
START HERE:
http://www.holdonlog.com/pages/AN-DTgoal1.html

STOP.
TAKE ACTION

Then progress on over to here:
http://www.holdonlog.com/pages/AN-DTgoal2.html

and FOLLOW THROUGH.

These are two great thing from people who coach voice over talent and really all types of performers and a product designed just for us. Not just a broad overview on goal setting.

My "thinking big" includes a financial goal, an audition/booking ratio, a growth in contacts and an update to my biography and sites where my demos are put up.

On to the road. Nice image.