Recipe for Resolution #12 - Action!

Create plans of action. Dreams are your thoughts, priorities are your world, goals are your destinations and the plan of action is the detailed series of tasks or the navigation system and roadmap that gets you to your destinations.

Start with your top priority goals and make a detailed plan of action for each. Example: Your top priority health goal may be to lose 30 pounds by March 31st. Break this goal into more measurable and manageable stair-step goals – I will lose 10 lbs per month Jan, Feb and March - totalling 30 pounds by March 31st.

Plan of Action:

• Join the gym and workout a minimum of one hour per day after work – exercise to include cardio (bike, treadmill and aerobics), nautilus and free weights.
• Stop eating fast food immediately and permanently.
• Take a 30 minute walk on my lunch break every weekday.
• Take a hot yoga class in the morning before work twice a week on Tues and Thurs.
• Visit the sauna for 20 minutes on days that I don’t do yoga - Mon, Wed, Fri.
• Shop healthy – buy fresh organic fruits and veggies.
• Eat 6 to 8 healthy meals a day and consume portion sizes smaller than my fist.
• Limit couch time and TV watching to only one hour per night.

Each of these tasks or mini-resolutions are part of a detailed plan of action that will lead you to accomplishing your bigger goal. Remember, the most important part of a plan of action is the ACTION!

Recipe for Resolution #10 - Identify

Identify the difference between a goal and a task. A goal is a destination, a big picture dream, desire, want, need, etc… A task is something you do to reach a goal and is only a step on the staircase to the goal… The bigger the goal the higher the staircase. Tasks are part of the plan of action that gets you to where you want to be.

Recipe for Resoltion #9 - Fire in Your Desire

Important step – read your goals list every day. Make your goals list a Word Document that is saved and resides prominently on the desktop of your computer. If you like paper better, print it out and tape it to the fridge or put it somewhere that you are sure to see it multiple times throughout the day. Form a habit of reading your goals list at least once a day – this will keep fire in your desire.

Recipe for Resolution #7 - Goal Setting

Now that you have made the mental commitment, empowered your vocabulary, created a mantra, envisioned your dreams, listed your priorities and looked at your schedule – it’s time to set some realistic goals.

Make each goal "SMART" - Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely (a completion date).

Use smaller “stair-step” goals to reach larger ones – ex: if your goal is to lose 30 lbs by March 31, make a series of stair-step goals – I will lose 10 lbs by January 31, 10 more pounds by Feb 28th, and 10 more pounds by March 31 to achieve my total goal of 30 pounds.

Group your goals by personal, business, travel, family etc… List from short term to long term in each category. Most importantly, WRITE THEM DOWN and READ THEM DAILY.