Another year has passed. It happened pretty damn quickly too.
Keeping with our theme of accountability...what did you do with your year? Do you feel you made good use of it?
Do you feel healthier? A little happier, in general? Did you take a few more risks than the previous year? Did you make efforts to reduce habits that don't serve you? Are you a bit closer to your business, relationship and personal goals?
If you reflect on your year, maybe you feel like you wasted time. Maybe your goals still feel out of reach. Maybe you feel like you've been pushing a massive boulder up a mountain each day only to get nowhere.
If that's the case, now is a good time to reflect and create the conditions that will make your success inevitable, as entrepreneur Eben Pagan says. Eben is well-spoken, well-researched and really understands what motivates people. Highly recommended to check out his material, especially for business-minded people.
Another useful resource is Susannah Conway's free Unravelling the Year Ahead 2016 workbook. It's loaded with great questions and exercises that help you review how 2015 went for you, and questions designed to help you plan your 2015 goals. It's a 29-page workbook that ideally you should print out. I completed the 2014 workbook and it's an enjoyable, creative and helpful process.
If you feel like you didn't gain much traction this year or if you felt like you were constantly being bombarded with obstacles, it is vital that you continue to stay positive. Creating change and successfully reaching our goals relies heavily on our state of mind. It is definitely a mind game.
Here are a few ideas to keep you ploughing ahead on your goals:
Take the time to reflect on your year and make plans to get closer to your goals this year. It's usually a continuous balancing act between taking action and easing off slightly so that you don't get burnt out or lose motivation. It's not a battle and it shouldn't feel like a struggle, contrary to a lot of the advice we hear about what it takes to reach our goals.
So...go for it! Time will pass for all of us. Might as well spend it doing things we're excited about and make us feel good.
What's your plan to reach your goals this year? Leave a comment below or email me personally.
I'm Nigel, accountability coach and creator of Holding Your Feet to the Fire. I offer online accountability coaching to help my clients reach their goals faster and support them every step of the way. Check out the Online Coaching page to find out how this accountability system will help you reach your business, career, financial, health and personal goals.