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5 Ways to Make Your Goals Last Beyond January

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Last year I wrote about the need to go back to the basics before setting goals. This time I just want to suggest five very simple strategies for making your goals last beyond January (hopefully all year long):

  1. Only set one or two – Better to succeed at one or two than to fail at five. Focus!
  2. Make it important. Tie your goal to something that really matters to you and you’ll be more likely to stick with it.
  3. Be specific. How will you know you’ve met the goal unless you are very specific.
  4. Make it public – share them with someone who can effectively help you be accountable.
  5. Keep score – Find an easy way to keep track of what you’re trying to do. You get what you measure.

Please share other simple strategies that have worked for you and Happy 2014!!

Confessions of a Professional Facilitator

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IMG_9796I do a lot of group facilitation, day long or multi-day sessions with people with big titles in the room trying to do the seemingly impossible (really!). After a string of such engagements I’ve been reflecting on a few confessions I’ve never shared. I hope to hear from other professional facilitators about your experience and why not, your own confessions. I also hope to help those just getting started in the field and practice of facilitation which is so enriching, professionally satisfying, and sorely needed in most organizations. So, just between us, here are a few of my confessions…

Hit That Reset Button! Five Ways to Get Back on Track…

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GoalsWe are well into February and by now you are just over a month into your new goals and new year’s resolutions. How are they going? If you are like most people, it’s probably going like it did last year. The excitement and motivation to really do something different or better, has waned and you’ve started to miss a few times, maybe more than a few. Maybe you have stopped all together. You are not alone. In fact, you are in the majority! Research shows that only about 3% of people who set goals actually accomplish them. But that doesn’t mean you can’t succeed.

So, if you are serious about goals and doing something you’ve never done before, here are five things anyone can do to increase the likelihood of succeeding in accomplishing your goals.

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