Change your thinking - change your results!

How are you going with your New Year's Resolutions?  Do you even bother these days, since they are usually forgotten about by mid-January?

Why is it that so many people start the New Year with great intentions, and very quickly give up on themselves?  My theory is that it is often one of two things - either they never really wanted the results in the first place, or they didn't believe that they could achieve it and therefore self-sabotaged their prospects.  Does this sound like you?

So if you didn't want the result in the first place, why would you set a New Year's resolution in the first place?  Well, it could be family or peer pressure - for example, they're concerned about your health so they suggest you have a goal to lose weight or get fit - and whilst you know they're right you enjoy eating and drinking, and so it doesn't take long for you to be back in the old habits.

The other possibility is that you would love to achieve the goal but deep down inside there is something that stops you each time.  It could be fear that you're not going to be able to stick to a new regime, so it's easier not to try.  It could be fear that you're not really good enough, a belief that you don't have the willpower, a fear that if you change people may not feel the same way towards you......there are all sorts of possible reasons.  It could simply be that you love your existing habits (such as eating and drinking) far more than the thought of what your new life will be like (such as becoming slimmer and improving your health)!

Whatever the reason, until you make a decision about what you really want (for example a slimmer and healthier body) - instead of what you don't want (for example not wanting to eat and drink too much) your focus will be unclear, and your thinking will not support you in terms of achieving your results.

In my coaching practice, it is easy to catch clients focusing on what they don't want.  My role is to help them discover the language that they're using so that they can start becoming much more aware of what they do want, and start expressing their thoughts and intentions in a more focused way.  Our brains are incredibly powerful - all we have to do is learn how to use them effectively to achieve the results we want - easily and effortlessly!   www.activelifematters.com 

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