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Michael Dylan
Internet Entrepreneur and Businessman
Michael Dylan is a successful entrepreneur
and business enthusiast. He has owned
and managed several successful business
online and offline.
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New Year's Resolutions for 07 - Article by Michael
Dylan |
As
the new year draws closer and many people
are going into holiday mode, some people
are thinking about the year ahead. It can
be a time for reviewing the year that was
and thinking about the year that will be.
Many people will be coming up with new year's
resolution for 2007 even though they can't
even remember what their new years resolution
was for this current year! While many come
up with a new year's resolution, they do
so in a flippant, light hearted manner.
We may commit to lose weight or save money,
but before January is even finished we will
be pigging out on chocolate and buying designer
clothes or fast cars.
If you're going to take the time to come
up with a resolution for the new year ahead,
why not make it a serious commitment? Treat
it like a real goal that you plan to achieve.
Make
sure you are Realistic about the Goal
The reason many goals are not achieved is
because they are unrealistic. If you are
currently earning $40,000 per year, with
no savings, and you want to be a millionaire
within the next 12 months, you may be setting
yourself up to fail. Lottery should not
be a part of your goal setting as you have
very little control over winning money.
Your goals should be ambitious enough to
get you out your comfort zone, but realistic
enough to be achievable.
Get
Clear about your Goal
Write your goal down in detail with time
frames and specific numbers or objectives.
If you want to lose weight this year, your
goal could be to lose a set number of kilos
of pounds each month, with a total to be
lost before the end of 2007. Or you may
choose to increase sales by 50% for the
year.
Set
Mini Goals
Rather than just focusing on one major goal
like saving 20 percent of a home loan for
a deposit, have mini goals that are regularly
achieved. If you have set yourself 12 months
to save $12,000 your goal could be to save
$1000 each month. Which means your one goal
of $12,000 should be divided into 12 mini
goals of $1000.
Be
Committed
Understand that if your goal or resolution
is even slightly ambitious, it will take
time, possibly money, dedication, persistence,
and a lot of commitment.It may require further
education, more work, risk, and a lot of
sacrifice on your part.
If you are serious about achieving your
new year's resolution for 2007 it is worth
taking the extra time necessary to get clear
about what your resolution is and how it
will be achieved. Don't be flippant about
the next 12 months and use it to achieve
something worthwhile.
Some of the most common new years resolutions
will be to lose weight, save more money,
get out of debt, improve education, find
a better job, join the gym, quit smoking,
and to spend more time with the family.
A lot of these changes will take a lot of
commitment and dedication to achieve.
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