A Fresh Approach to Goal Setting – Celebrate what went well last year!
For many people the beginning of the year is a time for goal setting. Unfortunately most New Year’s goals are broken within the first couple of days or months of the New Year. When we resolve to do things differently in the New Year, we focus on things that are amiss in our lives and overlook the things that are working well already. Why not take a fresh approach to goal setting this year? Take a moment to appreciate and celebrate what went well last year, so that you can naturally build on your success.
A Fresh Approach to Goal Setting: ONE – Remember What Worked Well Last Year
A Fresh Approach to Goal Setting: Remember what worked well last year.
As you reflect on the past year, answer the following questions for yourself in writing:
- What am I most grateful for?
- What activities stand out in my memory as most rewarding and energizing?
- What brought me most joy this past year?
- In which ways did I take good care of myself in the past year?
- What are the most important lessons I learned last year?
- Which experiences were most inspiring for me last year?
A Fresh Approach to Goal Setting: TWO – Acknowledge Your Positive Qualities
Take a moment to read your answers. What inner strengths did you draw on? What positive traits did you cultivated within you? Name and acknowledge the special qualities within you that helped you create the past year’s positive experiences.
A Fresh Approach to Goal Setting: THREE – Celebrate Your Success
A Fresh Approach to Goal Setting: Celebrate Your Success
Take a step back. Allow yourself to appreciate the bigger picture perspective of the success you have created in the past year. From this vantage point, notice a general theme emerging. Give the theme of the most positive part of your life last year a name as if it was a chapter in a book. You really are the author of your life and you have just written another awe-inspiring chapter of your life. Name it and celebrate it in all it’s glory.
A Fresh Approach to Goal Setting: FOUR – Let Your Success Spill into 2015
Now ask yourself, “How may I carry this positive theme over to 2015?” Take a moment to listen within and jot down the answers that rise to the surface. Then ask yourself, “How may I amplify my positive theme this year?” Take another moment to listen within and jot down your answers. Then ask yourself, “How can this be easy and fun?” Notice your answers arising within and jot them down.
A Fresh Approach to Goal Setting: FIVE – Take Small Consistent Steps
A Fresh Approach to Goal Setting: Take Small Consistent Steps
Now take a moment to turn to an area of your life that felt stale or unfulfilled last year. Ask yourself, “What small steps can I take to infiltrate this part of my life with the positive theme I have created in my life last year?” Remember that small consistent steps will reap better results than one big leap.
Now that you have learned a fresh approach to goal setting and celebrated last year’s success, let’s time travel, together. Book your FREE career clarity consultation today and receive guidance envisioning your most rewarding, fulfilling future.
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