The plan is designed and crafted with your detailed outcome in mind. Begin with the end in mind.  It identifies and simplifies the steps that you must take to advance.  Make certain your plan has a structure that will include safeguards protecting the outcome from distractions and obstacles that could potentially deter you from achieving success.  This is easily done by asking yourself one question; “how will I get in my own way of achieving what I want?” and the answers will be exactly where you put your safeguards.  So no matter where you are in your resolution thus far in 2009,  there are 3 fundamentals to keep you moving in the direction of your desired outcomes:

1. make certain you have anchored your desire in what you want,
2. make choices through that lens,
3. design your plan with safeguards to keep you moving forward so nothing will attempt to pull you off track.

Choice is the key element.  Choice has the ability to awaken our motivation which will ultimately carry us through when momentum is lacking because it is based on what we want instead of what we must or ‘should’ do.  Motivation is a built in ‘power booster’ that launches us forward in strength toward our desired outcomes in that moment of decision; to follow through or not.

When operating from choice, our individual purpose leads or points us in the direction of our desired outcomes and we are not driven by should’s, have to’s, or ought to’s, that weigh heavy on the mind by registering a ‘not good enough’ fear.

You have to know what you want before you can design a way to get it.  In order to design a way to get what you want, it will behoove you to ask yourself powerful questions

The traditional belief that the New Year is the ideal time to make changes in our lives forces many people to make decisions based on what they think they should do, rather than what they want. This process sets us up for disappointment and a lack of sustainable progress which brings no measureable results. According to a recent study, 91percent of those who make resolutions don’t keep them.

In a not so traditional consideration, what then, is the key to release making changes to work for us and not be so daunting? What if those changes were reframed through a lens of perspective that said; “I chose the changes based on what I want, therefore I am responsible for their success”.

What then would be different about how we relate to our chosen changes? How easy would decisions of whether or not to have one more piece of pie be? I mean, if I choose to change my physique, and I am responsible for the outcome by my choices and habits, will one more piece of pie bring me closer to my desired outcome – or not? Decisions become easy.