Thinking about your New Year's resolutions and goals? Read this...

With 2009 right around the corner, I'm certain many of you will be setting your goals and New Year's resolutions. Problem is, many people still haven't been able to achieve the goals they set LAST New Year's Day, so the same items are showing up again.

If that's you, read on…

There are a lot of factors that contribute to whether or not you reach your goals, but one critical element is what Earl Nightingale spoke about in his famous message, "The Strangest Secret."

After reading the book 'Think and Grow Rich,' Earl Nightingale realized the words Hill wrote, “We become what we think about most, "was the same truth repeated over and over again in the New Testament, in the lessons from Buddha, in the writings of Lao Tse, to the works of Emerson. Why don't people change or realize their goals? Because they set them once on New Year's Day and then NEVER check in to see how they are doing…until the NEXT New Year. They aren't clear on what they want, and end up drifting like a boat tossed by the waves…no direction, no purpose and no clarity on where they are going.

And because they aren't crystal clear on what they DO want, they end up constantly focusing on what they DON'T want: the lack of sales, problems in their business, the down economy, customers cancelling their services, etc., etc. When I conduct my seminars and I ask the attendees, "What is your vision or strategic objective for your business?" The audience stares blankly back at me like a forest full of owls. And if they DO have some idea, it's usually verbalized in very vague, non-specific terms. When I ask how many of you have WRITTEN goals that you check in on DAILY, even more blank stares.

Yet, knowing what you want and focusing on it is a success principle that has been passed down through the ages in every self-help and success book ever written. It's so simple, yet no one does it.

That's why Earl titled his message, "The Strangest Secret." It's the irony of it all - that the "secret" of getting what we want is no “secret” after all…and how “strange” it is that we don’t all know about it - or use it!

So my recommendation?

Write down your top goals on an index card and look at them EVERY MORNING. I have mine written on a dry erase board in my office so I can look at them CONSTANTLY. Then, when you start every day ask yourself, "What am I going to do TODAY to move me towards achieving those goals?"

Simple…yes. But if you won't do something as simple as this to achieve your top goals, how can you ever hope to achieve great things in 2009?

Posted via email from Robin Robin's Managed IT Services Sales Training