Coach Rozy’s Motivational Monday: 4 Steps to Reach What You Want In 2016

The NEW YEAR is just around the corner – and with it your new year’s dreams and goals list. Each year how many of us put together a list – it might be small or large, a quick thought process in our heads or a detailed, written down process. If you are “thinking” about what you want to do in 2016 – or taking the time to put those dreams on paper (by the way – your rate of success goes up 100 fold if you put pen to paper and write them down), here are 4 STEPS TO FOLLOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR REACH WHAT YOU WANT IN 2016.

They Are:

1. Make a decision: Decide on what you want. Here you’ll want to be as detailed as possible. You’ve heard it before – but don’t just say you want to lose weight. How much do you want to lose – by when; I want to lose 20 lbs by the end of march – which will be 12 weeks – or 1.6 pounds a week. Want to start saving money? How much do you want to have in your account by what date? Then you break it down to see if it’s possible with what you are doing, or do you need to do more? Once you know WHAT YOU WANT – you’ll start to find ways to make it happen. The more detailed, the better you’ll be able to decide what you need to do.

2. Schedule time: You have to take action toward this goal (each day). I talk to so many people each year that have the desire to do something – but never do it! I want to lose weight and start to work out. When I ask how much weight, how many days a week they are working out and for how long, they reply they haven’t started yet! The best goal in the world is just a wish if we don’t put some action to it.

3. Focus on the two activities that create RESULTS. This goes with #2, but the key is – DON’T JUST SET TIME ASIDE – USE THAT TIME BY IMPLEMENTING THE 2 ACTIVITIES. We’ll use the weight loss example, 1. Train each day for 20 minutes 2. Cut out all sweets.

4. Measure your results. Do what works for you and stop doing what is not working. Again, using weight loss – weigh yourself each week and have a check list each day of if you did or didn’t eat your sweets and if you did or didn’t workout. If you see you are working out each day and not eating sweets, but you don’t lose any weight – you need to change something up. Exam what you are doing. Are you working out that 20 minutes and not eating sweets, but eating “more food” and getting more calories then you’re burning or were getting from your treats. If it’s not working – work in another plan to get the results. Go back to #1 and begin again.

This New Year – YOU WILL ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS AND GOALS…if you can follow these 4 simple steps. 2016 will be the most amazing year you have ever had.