Resolutions

I never send my wife flowers on our anniversary or her birthday. Don't get the wrong idea, I am very happily married (married up....big time) and I would surprise most of the people who listen to me on radio or hear me speak, just how sensitive I can be -- but flowers on the day that you are supposed to send flowers, never appealed to me. Send them on the day that she is not expecting them because everybody loves a surprise.

New Years is coming up, have you written out your New Years Resolutions? This year, surprise yourself with a letter. Here are some suggestions:

1. Write the letter that you would like to be reading on 12/31/09.

2. Talk about the accomplishments that you have made.

3. Talk about how you motivated yourself each day, week, and month to continue to work hard

at your goals.

4. Give yourself some stepping stones that you hit along the way. Such as, I could not believe that by Valentines Day, I was able to run two miles without stopping or it was March that my staff really started to respond to our training and I knew that 2009 was going to be special.

5. Talk about the rewards you gave yourself for staying the course, like dinner with you and your spouse at a five star restaurant, getting a massage at the spa, or going to the ballgame or Broadway show.

6. End the letter with the big pay-off; going on a cruise or just taking some time off to enjoy the peace and quiet.

7. Start each day in 2009 by reading the letter.

Doesn't this sound better than making a list of 20 things you are going to do differently than beating yourself up for not achieving it? Gas engines won't run on diesel. Your mind can not stay positive if you keep putting negatives in it. Give yourself the best chance to hit your goals in the next year, stay positive and keep telling yourself that you can do it. Oh, then be willing to work your butt off, and you will achieve your goals.

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