TNMU #143: Quit Your Resolutions (For Something Better)

While New Year’s resolutions are a popular thing to do, they don’t consistently produce the desired results. Why is that? What’s missing? Mark & Josh tackle this one today with the hope that you’ll quit your resolutions, at least the incomplete process, and begin to pursue a better way for identifying who you want to be and what you want to accomplish. And then make it happen.   Music Credit: "Funkorama" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)   Expanded Notes: Most popular New Year’s resolutions involve health and fitness How to Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big, by Scott Adams Sometimes we can be afraid of the failure of not meeting our goals Others are intimidated by putting something out there to be accountable to Revisiting goals might require revisiting fear and failure Organization cultures often squelch goals and stretching by not rewarding effort and punishing failure If goals are not your superpower, start first with examining your mindset Your goal statement should specifically spell out what success looks like (for example S.M.A.R.T. Goals) See goal attempts as more than win or lose, rather win and learn; it’s process building Be clear on your motivation: why does the goal matter? Tie it to a bigger mission. Review them regularly “People lose their way when they lose their why.” Michael Hyatt