It has been an honor to provide resources, guidance and support on your quest to be your Personal Best throughout 2009 and I look forward to continuing with you on your journey throughout 2010. Treat this time of the year as a new beginning and an opportunity to start with a clean slate. Don’t worry about the obstacles or failures of 2009, keep your eyes out of the rear view mirror and focus on what’s lying ahead. Clean your slate of the residue from 2009.

Here we are in the starting blocks at the beginning of a new year and goals/resolutions are present on everyone’s mind. In order to start on a good note and continue the race I will share with you how my start of the race has begun.

I keep getting asked what my resolutions are so I decided to share them here with you. To be totally honest with you, I have stumbled on two of them already but guess what…..I got back on track. I know you’re probably wondering which two I’m referring to so I’ll display some transparency here by sharing them with you. I said that I would only eat out once a week(not bad, but healthy food) and the other one was setting aside 1 hour a day to read something totally out of my element. I slipped on both of those but now I’ve created more of a compliance to both and things are moving along pretty well.

My question to you would be…..have you fell off the wagon and accepted defeat? Or have you fell off and as soon as you got your footing, you jumped back on and continued?

Let me give you a Goal Setting Formula that will yield results and start you off on the right foot for the New Year. We’re going to call this the “CC’s Take Action and Goal Setting Formula.”

7 Steps to taking massive action towards your goals.

1. Decide exactly what you want and write it down in present tense.

Be specific.

Your goals should be so clear that a caveman could read it and explain it clearly to another caveman.

(I need to lose 19 pounds of body fat, I need to get my waist down to 30, etc….)

 

2. Set a deadline for the achievement of your goal.

Because of the fear of failure many people set vague and unrealistic goals and avoid committing themselves to a timeline.

As a result they have no benchmark or standards to measure their progress, and they eventually give up and quite.

( I am going to lose 19 pounds by March 15th )

3. Determine the obstacles that you will have to overcome to achieve your goal.

Identify the major constraints that hold you back from achieving your goal at the present time.

Fully 80 percent of the reasons you are not achieving the goals are internal.

They result from your lack of some quality or ability, which is largely under your control.

Only 20 percent of your obstacles or difficulties that are holding you back are external, in other people or situations.

(Lack of time? Manage your time better, lack of knowledge? Hire a trainer, Lazy? Get off your glutes, etc….)

4. Identify the additional knowledge and skills that you will need, to achieve your goal. The fact is that you have gone as far as you can go in life with the skills that you have now. To go any further you are going to have to improve in certain areas and develop additional skills. (Hiring someone more knowledgeable like a trainer and asking CC to write more blog postsJ)

5. Identify the people, groups, and organizations whose cooperation you will require to achieve your goals. This is what I call the “Dream Team.”

6. Make a plan out of your answers in the previous questions.

A plan is the list of activities organized by sequence and priorities.

A list organized by sequence means that you decide what you must do before something else.

When you organize your list by priority, you decide whats more important on your list and what’s less important.

7. Take MASSIVE ACTION on your plan immediately.

Step out in faith.

Once you begin, do something every day that moves you in the right direction towards Success!

 

Here’s some things you may want to consider when looking at establishing goals or improving overall health and wellness.

A lot of these are on my list and I tried to add a little more so you can choose from this list. I’ve already seen a difference in my life and I want you to experience the same so here you go. I even broke it down into several categories for you. Enjoy….

OPTIMAL HEALTH & WELLNESS FOR 2010

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants. (I should use this in a commercial or something…lol)
4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray and/or meditate.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 6-7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
11. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don’t waste your energy on negative talk.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree…

Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
32. Do the right thing! (It’s the hard thing)
33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. God heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank God.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Last but not the least:
40. You may contribute to this list. Let me know what you think and be sure to pass it on to your friends, family, and co-workers. It may not be a good idea to share #31 with your boss. Hopefully this will help you sprint out of the starting blocks  this New Year and finish the race with your hands up in the air and a BIG smile on your face (just like my buddy below)!! LOL 

As always – committed to your success,

CC Matthews

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