New year's resolutions are useful primarily because they represent your ability to do two things:
1. Think about living your life in a purposeful, goal-oriented way.
2. Believe you can change for the better.
These two skills are valuable beyond words. Make them a part of every month - not just January. Following are five useful questions to ask yourself before you work on your NYRs.
1. Am I coachable?
2. Do I really want to engage in the hard work of meaningful change?
3. Do I have a crystal clear understanding of what is most important to me, my work life and my family?
4. Have I thoroughly audited my time spent in the past year and categorized these actions into two groups - useful and non-useful?
5. Who do I need to begin, strengthen or dissolve a relationship with to improve the quality of my life, my work and the lives of those important to me?
The process of answering these questions will bless you with the invaluable insight necessary to set realistic, challenging, value-driven and focused new year's resolutions.
To be resolute in beliefs, goals and actions... that should be your job #1 in 2011. Good luck and may next year be your best one yet.
Rhett (Twitter - @yns1)
- Posted from my back porch office using my iPhone 4.
This blog has been written since 2007 by Rhett Laubach, professional speaker, leadership expert, owner of YourNextSpeaker, LLC and Co-Founder of PLI, Inc. Ryan Underwood, CEO of TRI Leadership, LLC and Co-Founder of PLI, Inc., is a contributing author. The purpose of this writing is to help you develop leadership and life skills.
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