When a new cycle begins, the desire to do many things are renewed, and after them follows the list of all the goals that you seek to achieve; but sometimes the person does not know exactly where and how to get started on the path towards them. Then it is necessary to know the tools so that when arriving December again, have a few clearances marked in the inventory of desires.
Set goals in life, rather than an obligation, it must become a habit, without them, there is no cause that will motivate you to experience the day to day, or issue that inspires you to challenge yourself and others. That is why having New Year’s goals is positive, because it is a way of saying that have goals to accomplish in these 365 days ahead, and while there are objectives, there are ways of working to achieve them.
The lawyer Sandra Farah, a specialist in Psychology states that “the person who has no goals in life, remains immobile, in a status that may bring her tranquility and absence of stress, but can also get to turn her life into a routine that will end up boring and frustrating, because every day is like yesterday and like tomorrow.”
Be optimistic, more than a quality, is an attitude towards life, which is of vital importance in tracing your goals, and even more, to follow the steps to achieve them. The commitment is another essential aspect, as is the provision that has an individual of striving and working for what he wants. Adaptation, flexibility, emotional self-control and, finally, the organization, are the qualities that exert positive effect on purposes.
If you have clear objectives, commitment and emotional intelligence to achieve, what remains is to organize your actions; you cannot do many things at once, nor has unlimited time, so it is also important to keep order and establish the necessary priorities. Before you set goals to achieve, it is convenient to analyze some aspects to join possibilities to make them real:
- Determine your current status. To draw a goal, you must have a reference point where to start.
- Make a list of the most important values to you and make sure your goals do not undermine.
- Specify your goals. Be as clear as possible in your life to define what you really want to achieve.
- Define how to recognize that you have achieved. Answer how you will feel when you achieve that goal.
- Identify the resources and the tools that you have to achieve your goals.
- Recognize your own limitations, as well as your great virtues.
To better focus the energies, you can also try to define what 2016 does mean to you. Could be the year of health, the great labor takeoff, expertise or balance. Decide whit a word what would be the topic that will drive you along these 12 months.
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