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08/01/2019 by Lisa McDonald

Creating A Successful New Year

Creating A Successful New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Welcome to a fresh new year, another 365 days of opportunity to achieve the life of your dreams!  I am excited to be back and hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year holiday period.

How was last year for you?  What were the struggles and triumphs?  Did you achieve your key goals?

If it was a difficult year in some shape or form, or you didn’t achieve one or more of your key goals, then I hope that this year is better for you.  Either way, it’s time to be grateful.  Grateful for all the things you DO have in your life, and all those things that you are grateful that are NOT in your life.  It’s time to review, reflect and learn from the past your.  Then to transition into the new year.

A Fresh Year

It’s a fresh NEW year, with a fresh book of experiences for you to fill over the next 12 months.  This transition into the new year has created a culture over the years of setting resolutions.  If made with careful consideration, resolutions can help reinforce permanent changes.  However, most New Years resolutions are made in a heightened or inebriated state, which often lacks a degree of commitment.  And, as a result they often never gets started or fall away within a short space of time.

So NOW is the time to set the stage for THIS year.  To connect and energise yourself for the year.

A Fresh Vision

Take some time to create a fresh vision for the year.   Clarify your intentions, then formulate them into specific goals. 

Goals are more outcome focused than resolutions, giving you attainable milestones and time frames.  When they are set in a more conscious and committed way, your goals can keep you motivated.  Especially if they’re aligned with your highest values and aspirations.  Years ago I created my SMARTIES Formula for goal setting.  It provides a checklist of 8 essential aspects of goals setting, which you must include to set really successful goals.  Click here now to get my SMARTIES Formula for goal setting, 

Which areas of life do you most want to create results in this year:  health, relationship, family, finances, business/career, leisure,  community or other?

2019 Strategic Goal Setting Workshop

2019 Strategic Goal SettingJanuary is a great time to reflect on the outcomes you want for 2019, to write your goals and to start taking action.  That’s why  over several years I’ve run a Strategic Goal Setting Workshop:  Life Review & Planning Workshop.  Originally it was a full day where you had to travel to participate.   Last year was my first live online workshop to assist you in reviewing, goal setting and taking action on your goals in 2019.  And I’m excited to say that I’m running my live online workshop again this year.Having the live online format means I can:

  • Offer it to you at a fraction of the price of my previous offline workshop held in Melbourne,
  • And  … still have the personal connection that made those workshops so special.  Click here to find out more ...

Achieving Different Results This Year

To support you in achieving your goals this year, I’ll be continuing to share tips, tools, and insights into how you can make this a more successful year.

If you’re serious about creating different or better results this year, then it’s up to you to take action!  What next step will you take to succeed this year?

Wishing you every with creating more of the life and success you desire this year.

Warm regards
Lisa McDonald

PS If you haven’t had a look yet at my program Click here and find out more

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19/01/2017 by Lisa McDonald

New Years Resolutions Into Results – The Essential 1st Step

“Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long
after the excitement of the moment has passed.”
– Cavett Robert

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Resolutions Into Results – The Essential First Step


Your 2017 Resolutions

What seems like a good resolution after a night of celebrating the end of the old year and welcoming the new, doesn’t necessarily translate into successful results. Nor does it translate when you make them flippantly in a sober state.

The reality is that  … only 64% of people … get past 1 month of  … setting their resolutions!  

In fact most people who set resolutions never complete them.

Therefore … if you want to convert your resolutions into results rather than be part of these statistics, then you have to start by implementing the essential first step below.

The Essential First Step

So … What step makes you 10 times more likely to attain your goals? [Read more…]

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18/01/2017 by Lisa McDonald

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“This is the new year the new you. You can pass through another year, coasting on cruise control. Or you can step out of your comfort zone, trying things you have never done before, & make this the year that you elevate from where you are & soar high.
Make it happen!”

– Pablo

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11/01/2017 by Lisa McDonald

New Years Resolutions – Are You Determined To Make This Year Different?

Have you been making resolutions about changes that you want to make in your life?  That you’ll do things differently this year?

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Here’s a funny New Year’s Resolution Song for you to watch … by Rhett and Link.

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In my last post I mentioned that people who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t explicitly make resolutions.  Today I’m following you up on your 2017 resolutions.

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If you’re someone who hasn’t yet set down any clear resolutions, you may like to increase your level of success this year by addressing this.  Take some time to reflect on what’s truely important to you this year, and what resolutions you could make which authentically reflect your intentions and desired focus this year.

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