Decide what you want
Okay, so first of all starting off in 2010, you will need to know and understand what you want to accomplish in the year. Basically, what do you want to experience within the year?
Most people seem to not get the best results for getting the bodies and lifestyles in shape throughout the year because they simply do not know what they want. You need to think of it as a road map. Right now you are planning for where you want to go. If you don’t know where you are going, sorry but you will not be going anywhere.
When deciding what to want to do in 2010, don’t settle for less than you want, you have to stop saying: I don’t know, I don’t care, or may or whatever. You need to take control and turn these negative responses into positive ones such as: I can and I am or I am going to.
Make a list – One of the easiest ways to find clarity in what you want to do, is to write down a list of what you exactly want. It could be to lose a stone in weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Or to exercise consistently three times a week. This exercise of writing a list will only take around 15 minutes to think things over and write them down. So make sure you get out that pen and paper and start writing!
Visualization
It is definitely true that the higher achievers in life have bigger visions. They don’t put limitations on things. Once you decide in what you want the next stage is the visualization period. So going by the examples used before with maybe wanting to lose a certain amount of weight in 2010, the vision process for this would be to understand and clearly see in your mind what you look like from an observer’s position and what you feel like from a personal view.
One of my visions as a young boy growing up through to my teenage years would be visualising myself as a full time martial arts instructor. I would draw pictures of me teaching others, and I also wrote down one day of how I would be competing at a high standard international tournament in sport Jujutsu.
Cut a long story short, by the time I was 17 years old I was on the mat teaching around the UK with my father and by 18 I had my own private classes I would be teaching. At 21 years old I competed in a world martial art games tournament.
So let me say from experiencing the power of visualization myself, I strongly recommend you do this to achieve what you want in 2010 and throughout life.
Believe In Yourself!
This one’s a big one. If you are going to achieve what you set out to do, you need to believe that you are capable to achieve such things.
You need to be around people who believe in you and support you in your life. This is one of the keys to success in anything you want to achieve in life. You must have good people around you, helping you strive forward.
You need to give up “I Can’t” and all of its related words, they will just hold you back and keep you on track for nothing but procrastinating.
You need to start conditioning your mind that you can and you will, this is what will smash procrastination away from you and go on striving forward towards success.
Just remember that it’s our beliefs that change our results, so start believing.
Take 100% Responsibility
First of all, give up the blame game; it doesn’t lead you to anywhere except an unfulfilled person with blaming others for the position that you are in right now with the choices you have made. You need to keep all of your positive energy to yourself and not blame others for your faults, as you will only direct your energy in the wrong place.
It’s the choices you make to where you have ended up now, so take this into consideration and think about the choices you make in your life right now and what changes you could make in 2010 to make it a more successful year with your new lifestyle.
Just remember that you can’t change the past, but you can right now start to make the change for your future!
Keep Focused
Keep your eyes on the prize! Learning the art of staying focused can bring you through the rough times, especially through the rollercoaster ride of emotions. Learn to master your emotions and keep focused on what you want in 2010.
Talk to the positive people who are going to uplift you in 2010, rather than speaking to people who are doubtful and not willing to fulfil their own lives let alone yours.
Goals
Goals are extremely important for knowing exactly where you want to be heading with achieving your lifestyle goals.
As I mentioned right at the start with deciding what you want, it is to know where you want to go on the map. Well with goals, it’s the road map for how you are going to get to that destination you set out to achieve. The goals will really help you guide yourself there. Don’t forget also that you can always add to your goals which you have set out too.
I would have to say though, that more importantly with the goals is to make sure that you are specific! Too many people are not specific enough to understand what they are actually aiming for. The more specific the better I say. So rather than writing down your goal for 2010 as, “I want to lose weight and be thinner in 2010.” You should write down something along the lines of “I am going to lose a stone in body weight in 2010, and most of all maintain it with a balanced lifestyle of exercising 3x a week and not over eating when I am bored or stressed out.”
Don’t forget that you need to write more than one goal to really stretch yourself and start to see growth in 2010.
Take Action
Action is the most important thing of all, as with no action nothing will be achieved. You can have all the books a gather all of the inspirational material out there in the world but without actually putting anything into practice would be like learning how to ride a bike without actually getting on and falling off a few times to only pick yourself up and get straight back on again.
So remember, do not hold yourself back and take action right away!
Commitment
Lastly you need to stay committed to what you have set out to achieve in 2010. You won’t achieve much if you do not stay committed on what you want. Commitment is a key factor in successfully achieving goals in life, and the most successful people in the world are the most committed to what they want in life.
So there are my tips on having a fantastic year for 2010 with achieving your lifestyle goals and beyond! You can use these methods above for anything you wish to achieve in 2010.
All the best for a great 2010!
