What to Do When Your Resolutions Start to Fade?

It is mid-January and many of the well meant resolutions of transforming lives are starting to fade. For those finding yourselves having your dreams fade year after year, I want to give you a kick start to KEEP going. Make this year the year you WILL do it.

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What is it going to take for you to achieve success? Where are you at and where do you want to go? What resources have you lined up for the days you are going to fee like quitting?

It seems impossible to achieve success you say? HOGWASH, quit complaining and get your butt moving to take action ton going after your goals. - Jen McDonough

Here are three great action steps to help you turn your dreams into reality:

Goals: Click HERE for my FREE SMARTIE Goals worksheet to help you along in achieving your goals.

Seek Out Inspiration and Success - Seek out mentors, coaches, podcasts. blogs, and books for days you feel like quitting. Here is a GREAT example. My transformation story was included in the book My New Year’s Revolution, Transformation Stories to Revolutionize Your Life. By gathering success resources such as this, you are setting yourself up for pushing through those tough days. (The publisher has given me free copies to share with my friends. Click HERE for your free copy. If you would like to view the book on your kindle reader, simply click on the link and download to your computer, phone or tablet. THEN: Create an email with the book as an attachment and email to your kindle account. It will show up on your kindle just like any other book.)

Accountability - Achieving what seems to be the impossible is so much easier when you have someone to keep you accountable. Invest in relationships that will act as your honest, blunt, and encouraging accountability partner.

My wish for you is that 2013 is for you take your dreams and resolutions and turn them into reality. Why not pick ONE to go after and make it your year of transformation?

Questions: What simple and easy tips can you share for those losing momentum on their dreams?

Live Beyond Awesome.

Jen

Twitter: @TheIronJen

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Comment by Jen McDonough "The Iron Jen" on January 18, 2013 at 8:34pm: Jeff, Ann, and Alan, thanks for the responses!

Alan, yes, definitely agree on the company we keep impacts our results!

Ann - love the baby steps as well as the coaching suggestion!

Jeff, ha! so true on not enough time or money!!! good for you for taking action - that is incredibly awesome!!!!!!!!

Comment by Alan Jackson on January 16, 2013 at 9:47pm: Jen I think you'll agree. The company we keep can really impact the results we achieve. Having vibrant people in our circle, ones actively pursuing their goals, makes it much easier to be vibrant and active. In contrast, if we hang out with dispassionate, lazy, or indifferent types, we are prone to behave more like them.

We do have a choice to live a reactive or proactive life. Reactivity unduly surrenders us to outside forces. No matter how bad things get, at least the finger of blame points elsewhere. Being proactive can offer huge rewards, but leaves little room to reproach others.

Oh, don't make the mistake of trying to go it alone either. That's a sure recipe for failure.

Keep being awsome my friend,
-Alan

Comment by Ann Musico on January 16, 2013 at 10:19am: My absolute best tip is to take baby steps - don't bite off more than you can chew - otherwise you'll become frustrated and overwhelmed very quickly and chuck it all! And having that accountability partner or a coach to walk you through is priceless. Many times the one thing a client will tell me is that they were tempted to slip and knowing they would be talking to me and wanting to "make me proud" was the deciding factor! Whatever it takes!

Comment by Jeff David on January 16, 2013 at 9:45am: Great post Jen, Just last nite I was thinking about how January is already half over. For most of my life, by this time of year I would be thinking "now when am I going to get started on that; oh there is still time." I have painfully found that when we say "when I have time," it's like saying that you will save whatever money is left over at the end of the month. There is none!

Last year when I was coaching with Joel, he encouraged me to find mentors and fill my mind with inspirational material. He told me that my life would be unrecognizable in 6 months. Some of it happened so quiety but the consistency has paid off. Now I have doors opening that I never could have imagined.

Thank you for your inspiration!