Fitness, Business, Fitness Business, & Achieving Life Goals

Before you take on those resolutions for 2010, Have you asked yourself how you did with those you made for 2009? Classically, people make grand resolutions with all good intentions, but fail for several reasons. Often times they are just unrealistic i.e. I’ll lose 40lbs by Feb.1. Or, it might be that they’ve set the goal, but have no plan as to how to attain it. And when you haven’t been able to achieve your goals, your self esteem goes into the dumper never to be seen again.

Here are some tips on approaching your resolutions:

REALISTIC RESOLUTIONS – Who and/or what are you basing your resolution on? You want to make sure that your goals are truly something YOU can attain. So, just because people on the Biggest Loser can lose big numbers doesn’t men that that’s what you should be shooting for. They do not live your life. They don’t have your responsibilities, time constraints, or other issues.

PROCESS FOCUS - Even better than concentrating on the end result, focus on the process. Sit down and write out a list of all of the things(little and big) you would need to do to reach your goal. If you think more about taking those steps, accomplishing them one by one and taking satisfaction in that, the results wil take care of themselves.  

SUCCESS PERCENTAGE – Rather than looking at your end result as succeed or fail, look at how much of your goal you accomplished. If you only got 50% of your goal, that’s still 50% more than you started with. Anything better is, well… better. And that’s a positive thing. Feel good about that. Gloom, despair, and guilt serve no purpose and only get in the way of continuing to work toward your goals.

So, go ahead and make resolutions, but make ones you can attain, focus on the process, and give yourself credit fo whatever you do achieve.

Have a great, healthy, happy 2010.

Mark Nutting

We’re into the new year and how are you doing with all of those resolutions you made? Are you sticking to your plans or are you already not doing as well as you had hoped?

The problem with a New Year’s resolution is that we see January 1st as the ultimate fresh start and make those larger than life promises to ourselves. “This is it. I’m going to do everything right. Nothing is going to stop me.” And there’s the issue. You’ve just set the bar too high without giving yourself permission to not be perfect. So, when you do fall off the proverbial wagon (and we all do), it’s likely to leave you feeling like a failure and could stop you in your tracks, preventing you from reaching your goals.

So, as you evaluate your progress, look at the percent of success that you have achieved. If you achieve 20% of your goals, that’s 20% better than you have done in the past and that’s great. Accept it for the success that it is. Allow yourself to make changes gradually, adjust your expectations, have small successes, rejoice in them, and then build on them.

This is a time for you to make changes that you can sustain for a lifetime. Making the necessary changes in smaller percentages will keep you feeling positive and motivated to continue.