Firstly a Very Happy New Year to you all. Thank you for your continued support.
You are all facing a New Year so what are your New Year Resolutions?
I was with someone I am very close to on New Year’s day and asked the obvious question. “Have you any New Year’s resolutions”.
There was a pause and then the response. “Ronan, I don’t believe in New Year resolutions. You are setting yourself up to fail. And I’m sick of doing that”.
Oh No!! I was stunned to silence. A condition I’m not often afflicted with.
I didn’t know whether to reach across the table and strangle, or embrace her. I chose to let this moment pass and move on.
But it has played on my mind ever since.
As you know your success is largely a factor of your thinking and your belief system. You simply can’t achieve success without the right beliefs about yourself and your abilities.
You simply can’t achieve success if your own self talk ( or language) is self defeating. In other words if you beat yourself up constantly. If you reaffirm your inability to be successful. If you focus so much on the reasons you can’t achieve success. You won’t achieve success.
You must have resolve. And you cannot resign yourself to failure.
This is what my friend in effect did. She has resigned herself to failure, because her fear of failure has prevented her taking a first step.
2012 can be your most successful year ever. If you believe it. This is not simplistic BS!! This is fact. And believe this you must.
Not fluffy belief based on ridiculous expectations. But genuine belief based on you deciding to make the necessary changes in 2012 to ensure your success.
Actions;
Start today. Call them resolutions. I’ll Call them Goals. Call them what you wish. But set yourself some written goals for 2012.
Secondly write down the reasons you don’t believe you will achieve these goals. Yes just do it!
Now challenge that belief. Argue with yourself on paper. Write down every reason this belief is phony.
Now write out a new belief statement. One that if repeated twice daily for the month of January, will galvanise you. And make it your new reality.
Resolve to change any negative beliefs you have about achieving the results you never thought possible.
Best of luck.
Ronan
Ronan Kilroy Certified FocalPoint Business Coach
Profitability, Productivity, Possibility.
