In part 2 of this series on resolutions, we talked about how to set your resolutions for success and the need to start.
In this blog we consider how you can work on your resolution to ensure you maximise your chances to succeed. We also talk about how you can be winning even when you fail.
Be a kind judge and reward yourself
There are those people in life that think they are better than they are. They appear on The X-Factor and sing in a way that only their mother would love. They are shocked when the judges say ‘no’.
That’s not the case for most of us. Most of us are kind and generous when it comes to others, and then turn into a monster when it comes to our own performance. But in order to succeed with your resolutions, you need to put the monster away and judge yourself the way you judge others.
If a friend tells you “I’ve lost 5lb” but you know they wanted to lose 10lb, you tell them how hard they have worked and what a great job they have done. You need to judge yourself as if judging your friend.
Think about the carrot and the stick. We often forget to give ourselves the carrot. Give yourself rewards. Just make sure the rewards don’t undo the good work you have done. So if you’re on a diet, don’t give yourself cake. Or if you’ve stopped smoking, don’t give yourself a cigarette. Find something that you want in life and decide that you can have it, as you continue to work towards your resolution.
Success in failure
If you find you have set an overly tough resolution, you shouldn’t be surprised if you don’t achieve it. Take the time to think about all the things you achieved along the way (all those small wins you did achieve) and think about what you will do next year. If you look at what you did achieve and are a kind judge to yourself, you will find success in failure.
Quitters can win
You hear people say that quitters never win. But that’s not true. You will find that every successful person has quit something. If they never quit anything, how did they have the time to be successful? Maybe they did a sport as a child, realised they weren’t good at it and so changed to a sport in which they could succeed.
It’s ok to set a resolution and then decide that it’s not for you. Don’t feel disheartened, revaluate your life and see what will make the future better and focus on achieving your new goal.
So what now?
The smoker in part one of this series set a resolution and failed. That doesn’t have to be the case. Imagine if the person had set the resolution to go on holiday with the money saved from not smoking and decided that they were going to be a non-smoker at work for the first three months. Then for the next three months they were going to only be a social smoker. And for the last six months they were going to be a non-smoker.
Setting a resolution the right way is a driving force to success. With the new year fast approaching, it’s time to start thinking about what you want from your life in the future and set a resolution that will drive you to success.
Watch out for our next blogs in this series. We will be talking about new home resolutions, the debt-free resolution, holiday resolutions, healthy living resolutions and finally career development resolutions. Plus we’ll share some tips to help you decide what you might want your resolution to be.
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