A Guest Post by
Rosemary O’Neill
Itâs the end of the first week of January. Did you already start slipping on some of those resolutions? Well quit beating yourself up, youâre not alone. The mystical pull of January 1 gets us every year. We take deep breaths, ponder the future, and muster up the guts to make some decisions about our lives and our businesses. And then….life happens.
Hereâs the most important trick: Every morning is January 1. Every moment is January 1. You can make a decision right this very second to take action on one of your primary goals. In fact, stop reading this right now and go do one thing that will get you closer. Send that email, follow up with that customer, finish that report, call your grandmother. Weâll wait.
……….if youâre back, then you did your one action, right? If you didnât, go away and do it now!
…and…see how easy that was? Now keep the momentum going by allowing yourself to have space in the day (or evening) to proactively plan the next day, week, month, in increments you can handle. If you want to wake up on December 31, 2012, having accomplished something big, then you need to chip away at it all year long. And you need to have periodic check-ins with yourself so that you can course-correct if necessary.
Iâll share my check-in secret sauce. Itâs a hot pink Moleskine that goes everywhere with me. In the front are the big goals for the year, and then broken-down goals for each month that will draw me closer and closer throughout the year. There is no one-size-fits-all method, but the key is to avoid drifting.
Now go and take the second step. And write down what the third, fourth, and fifth steps will look like.
Feel free to brag about your audacious action in the comments. Weâll do this together.
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Author’s Bio: Rosemary OâNeill is an insightful spirit who works for social strata — a top ten company to work for on the Internet . Check out their blog. You can find her on Google+ and on Twitter as @rhogroupee
Thank you, Rosemary!
You’re irresistible!
ME “Liz” Strauss
