To Resolve or Not To Resolve

Being clear about your values, strengths and priorities is the key to creating change, whether you declare New Year’s resolutions or not.

Since yesterday likely felt like the real new beginning, as we returned to routines after a long winter vacation, or at least a Monday holiday, it’s a good time to put those intentions into action.

If you missed crafting resolutions, or already bailed on the ones you made, take heart. You’re not doomed to a year of misery and failure. You got up at a ridiculous hour, dressed in actual clothes instead of lounging in sweats all day, right? Congratulate yourself and trust that you can still create positive change in 2018.

Depending on the top hits, an internet search will report a resolution failure rate near 90%. I know you don’t trust everything you read on the internet, but those outcomes are still likely to make you want to bail on resolutions altogether.

Since you’re reading a post by a professional coach, I have a hunch you’re at least curious about making positive change. The time is right to move from curiosity to action, because the research reveals that the time to initiate change is now.

Not a metaphor. The time really is now. Norcross found that folks who initiated change at the New Year were ten times more successful than those who didn’t.

Inspired to get busy with positive change in 2018? Awesome. I’ll be sharing lots more about how to create and carry out whatever you call them — resolutions, intentions, goals — all year long, so stick around.

In the meantime, start by getting clear about your values, strengths and priorities.

I know for sure that clarity like that is key to not only initiate positive change, but to support your making it happen in a way that’s much less of a slog and tons more joyful.

The time’s still ripe to ride the wave of momentum of the New Year.

Let’s hop to it.

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