How to Make Your Resolutions Stick

The beginning of a new year is a natural time to evaluate our lives and refocus on things we want to accomplish. Setting New Year’s Resolutions is an honored tradition. Unfortunately, so is losing motivation and falling down on those resolutions. With a little revamping in how you make your resolutions, that doesn’t have to be the case. 

How often have you made a resolution, and come March your determination—and progress—has wavered? Gyms count on people not following through on their resolutions. They sell year-long passes in January, knowing that a large percentage of their pass holders quit coming within a few short months. 

Does that mean you shouldn’t bother making New Year’s Resolutions? Absolutely not! But with a few changes, you might be amazed at how much more progress you can make. It begins by understanding the difference between a goal and the process, or system, that will get you to your goal. 

For example:

• If you're a runner, your goal is to run a marathon. The process is your training schedule for the months leading up to the race.
• If you’re a student, your goal is to get an A in a class. The process is attending lectures, joining a study group, attending labs, etc. throughout the semester.
• If you’re a network marketer, your goal is to reach a certain rank. The process is how many people you prospect, how many customers you introduce the product to, how many events you hold, how you support your team, etc. 

James Clear, Entrepreneur Magazine contributor, poses this question: If you completely ignored your goals and focused only on your system, would you still get results? 
(found at http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230333) 

While we don’t advocate ignoring your goals, it is very possible that if you focused more on your system – or process – then reaching your goals would be a natural outcome. 

Let’s say your goal is to qualify for the Syntek Global Audi Club. The process is the way you’re going to get there. A possible process might look like this: 

Daily 

• Introduce the product to at least one new person a day – whether in person, or via phone call, text, email, or social media post. 
• Introduce the opportunity to two people a day, five days of every week – whether in person, or via phone call, text, email, or social media post. 

Weekly 

• Check in with your team.
• Read company emails and updates. 

Monthly

• Bring 4 guests to opportunity events (leader/corporate events, phone calls, at-home meetings) twice a month.
• Enroll 4 new distributors a month.
• Help your personally sponsored distributors enroll 4 distributors of their own in one month.
• Sign up 4 new customers a month. 

If you followed these steps consistently, do you think you would qualify for the Audi Club this year? It’s likely. And you have definite, doable actions to focus on to get you there. 

A goal is a great way to plan your progress, so you know where you want to go. But the process is better for actually making progress. 

So go ahead and set those New Year’s Resolutions. Then plan out your process for getting there. 

You CAN reach your goals! 

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