Hello all you Diva Café SUPER STARS! Just a shout out to you to see how you are doing with the Resolutions you set for you and your Business for 2011.

Are you on track are you where you want to be or have the resolutions you set became something of the past. Are the resolutions you set at the beginning of the year a distant memory? Did you know that most people who did in fact set some personal and business goals for the New Year have already given them up- we are only in the first quarter? Remember a previous article I wrote that we have four seasons with four quarters each year.

So we may say well why so many people have already given up so soon. Some of the sad reasons that individuals give up so soon is they don’t have LASER focus! While other individuals have a deep down desire to achieve big dreams and goals but can’t seem to get their hands around HOW this will happen. Then there are those individuals that simply dismiss the goals they set out with thoughts like that goal is silly and not realistic anyway.

Keep in mind that is easy to start the New Year every year out with BIG goals and dreams full of desire and excitement. But in order to stay the course to carry you through the entire year you need to be laser focused with CRYSTAL CLEAR goals that are written down.

In a Harvard Student study in 1979 this is what was discovered (excerpt from article by Tim Conner):

97% of the class had no written goals, 84 percent with NO GOALS AT ALL! Interesting, huh? It gets better (worse?). Ten years after the initial questioning the class members were interviewed again: The 13 percent, who had goals, even though unwritten, were earning on average, twice as much as the 84% with no goals. The 3% who had written their goals, however, were earning (on average) ten times as much as the other 97% put together. Have I got your attention yet?

You may say WOW why do so many people fail to keep their resolutions and making the necessary changes needed to LIVE the life they want and so deserve.

Well there are a few Major Reasons:

1. No clear written goal- Here is what you can do: Get laser focused on what it is you want to achieve

If you said this year I want to make a lot of money. Well I would say to you what is defined as a lot of money? You must set a dollar amount to that goal. Is you goal to earn $4000 a month or maybe even $10000 a month what is it, get clear here. Then break that down into what you need to do each week to meet that goal. You must set realistic, achievable, obtainable track able goals.

-What is it that you want to accomplish?

-How will accomplishing this goal benefit you and your family?

-How will this change your life?

2. Second Failure to stay focused each and every day- You must stay focused every day keep that goal in front of you

Some people will actually write their resolutions down and then put them aside and forget about them for the rest of the year. As life happens and it will they get distracted and forget about what they really wanted to accomplish to begin with.

- One thing you can try is to write positive affirmations in the sense that you have already achieved this goal read it aloud to yourself every day. Develop a vision board. If you are a visual person like I am put these vision boards all over the place where you will see them on a daily basis to remind you of what you are working on.

One thing that has really helped me is to write my goals and positive affirmations on 3x5 cards that I can carry with me everywhere I go and I can pull them out and read them out loud to myself several time a day. I also have vision boards with my goals on them on poster boards all over the house. In my bedroom, on the bathroom mirror, on the refrigerator every where I will be each day so it is constantly in front of me and there is no way I can forget what it is that I am working towards.

3. Third People will have an interest to achieve a certain goal but lack the commitment to back up that goal- One thing you can do is share your goal with everyone

-Lets face it when we are held accountable to someone or put ourselves out there on the line we feel a much greater commitment to achieve those goals. Find someone that can be your accountability partner. Someone you report to so to speak. No not like a boss, more like someone who will hold you accountable like a Mentor and encourage you when you start to stray.

4. Lastly Failure to take Action- You must take charge of your mindset and put the motor in gear and take massive action

- Remember that you and you alone control how you think and react to LIFE. You are in total control how you react or act to the things that come your way

THE BEST IS YET TO COME FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY YOU CAN MAKE 2011 YOUR BEST YEAR EVER!

Look at your resolutions make some changes if necessary. And if you have not set any goals yet; it’s not too late to make a New Year's Resolution!

~You were Born for Greatness

~I believe in you

To your Extraordinary Success

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