PLAN TO SUCCEED!

PLAN TO SUCCEED!

To get what we want in life we need to have a plan.  Goals are an important part of making plans and being successful. If we want to lose weight, we need to set goals and have a plan.  If we want to be successful in business, we need to set goals and have a plan. If we want to have less stress, we need to set goals and have a plan.

You’ve heard that saying?  “She that fails to plan plans to fail.”

So how can you plan to succeed?  You need to start by setting goals following the S.M.A.R.T. formula.

 Most people say things like, “I want to be thinner” or “I want to get rich” or “I want to be healthier, happier, less stressed etc.”  These are not goals you can plan to achieve. They are wishes or desires.  S.M.A.R.T goals are:

     S   =   Specific

     M  =   Measurable

     A   =   Action Based

     R  =   Realistic

     T   =   Time Bound

Be specific about what rich, thinner, fitter, healthier or less stressed means to you.  Make your goal something you can measure.  Being thinner means losing how much weight or being fitter means running how many kilometres?  What does less stress involve for you? How much money would you like to be earning a year?

Make sure you will get into action about your goal by basing it on a true desire.  If you are not excited about your goal, find ways to make it more fun.  If you’re trying to lose weight then save all the money you usually spend on chocolate and put it towards the reward of a holiday or new clothes. 

Be realistic about your goal.  Losing two or three kilos a week may be difficult and unhealthy, so plan to aim to lose a half a kilo or one kilo a week instead.  Being rich in twelve months may be too  much of a stretch for you so you will give up. If you make the goal realistic you will stick to it. 

Lastly make your goal time bound by giving it an end date.  This gives your goal a sense of urgency and makes you get into action about it. Keep this date realistic.

This week look at your goals and make them S.M.A.R.T.  “I will lose 20 kilos by January 28^th 2006” “I will be able to run 5 kilometres in 15 minutes by February 16^th 2006″  ”My business will be earning $X by March 30th 2012”   

Above all don’t fail to plan.  Plan to succeed!

By Lisa Branigan, Life Coach

http://www.quantumcoaching.com.au

Create 10 Delightful Daily Habits

Create 10 Delightful Daily Habits

Practising extreme self-care in our life involves practising good “daily” habits.

Daily habits involve more than just exercising and eating right. They include all the things that bring us enjoyment and delight.

Having ten daily habits is considered the right number to produce the benefits extreme self-care brings. Practising extreme self-care actually produces more time, space and money in our lives. When we truly care for our own needs first, we build a reserve of energy and resources that enables us to sustain extreme self-care in our own life with enough left over to care for others.

What are daily habits we could perform? Here are some suggestions.

· Stretch
· Relaxing bedtime ritual
· Floss your teeth
· Nourishing get up routine
· Under promise
· Physical activities
· Listening to music
· Writing in a journal
· Eating well
· Reading for pleasure
· Drinking 2 litres of water
· Going to bed to get enough sleep

The key to benefiting from your daily habits and practising extreme self-care is to do just that, make them “daily” habits.

Your challenge this week is to create a list of at least 10 delightful daily habits. Pick the top 5 habits and practise them “daily” for 7 days. You are now starting to practise Extreme Self-Care. Notice the energy and well being you create by doing this.

Hate Exercise?

Hate Exercise?

Me too!

So I have tried to think outside the square for my exercise routine..not just walking, jogging or cycling.

I just got my new trampoline delivered yesterday (still have to put it together..that’ll be fun!)…so that was outside the square!!

I figured if I put on my favourite disco/dance cd and dance away for 10 songs, I have done my 30-minutes and totally enjoyed myself.

We are thinking of moving and the place has a bootscooting group…so that will be on the list to join!

And lastly in an attempt to move the baby blubber, today I started this new routine: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/best-workout

So how about you could you think outside the square to get moving?

What about: horse riding, rollerskating/blading, circus tricks (do a course), jump on the kids trampoline, take a turn on a swing…..what else?