I realise that we all have goals that we achieve and others that we don’t.

What’s the difference?

For me it’s about what I believe I like doing and what I believe I don’t like doing.

This results in either action or inaction.

All the other bits are there: I now it’s good to achieve; I know how to do it; I want the end result; but – I don’t like doing it – in this case tidying up! So I put it off, make excuses like – too busy etc. It doesn’t get done.

So what can I do to differently to enjoy tidying up as an action?

How can I make tidying up fun or important and pleasurable?

How can I reframe my dislike of the function of “tidying up”?

Do you have any ideas?

Let’s have a competition to see which ideas are best.

Send me your best idea to help me enjoy tidying up and I’ll give all of you who respond within a week, an e-book that I use in my private client coaching program, and to the winner (in my sole and humble opinion), I’ll give a $50 gift voucher for Amazon.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

I’ve noticed that my NYR regarding my fitness level has been achieved and I now enjoy maintaining it.

I also confess that my New Year’s Resolution to keep my office tidy is a dismal failure!

Within a week of tidying my office it becomes identical to what it looked like before I tidied it.  Since the beginning of the year I’ve tidied my office only once.

So I ask myself these questions: -

• Was my NYR realistic?

I thought it was.  Tidying isn’t difficult, but it’s boring.

• Did I plan it properly?

What’s to plan?  Start at one end and go through to the other end!

• Did I get a friend or coach to help me stay accountable and in action?

No I didn’t.

• What was the cause of my broken NYR?

It’s boring, I prefer to get on with my work.

• Can I identify an underlying belief or beliefs that keep me stuck with an untidy office?

I find tidying my office a boring task.   I need to focus on my work, not on keeping the office tidy.

I’m actually an untidy person in many areas of my life – check out my shed!

Bingo!   My beliefs are running the show.

I should know better.  Our lives are largely a reflection of our beliefs.        Our beliefs are automatic – they occur without our having to remember or think about them.  That’s great if the beliefs are positive and useful, but not great if they are negative and useless!

OK, I need to work on my beliefs about me being a tidy person and capable of keeping things tidy, and actually doing it and maintaining it, just like I did with my fitness.

What about you?

Would you care to reflect on your broken NYR’s and see if you can identify something deeper and more powerful to work on to help you achieve your NYR?

Follow my process or even create your own way of reflecting.

Just pick a broken NYR, ask the same questions and see if you can discover the underlying belief that you can improve upon – and watch the difference!

I’m going to share what I do from now on about changing my beliefs about being tidy.

Let’s track and see what works. I’ll post progress photos of my office, then shed and garage.

I invite you to join me and let’s do this together.

Let’s each choose a broken NYR and help each other to achieve it?

Have your say below. I look forward to hearing from you.

Here’s how it looks for me for 2010: 1/3/4/20/50/90/500

Here’s how it works – each number is symbolic and represents something powerful for you. Its purpose is to be your memory jogger of what’s important to you as you go through the year.

One issue for many people with goals and resolutions is actually remembering them as the year goes on. We get caught up in day to day stuff and simply do not give our well intended goals any attention or focus so no wonder we can’t achieve them.

Another issue is we don’t break our goals down into bite size chunks. There is no use getting all the way to the end of the year and saying “Hmm, didn’t do so well there!”

By breaking everything down into bite size chunks we can track our progress. This way we can re-evaluate how we’re going and whether we need to change our activities to get where we want to be.

It’s also important to include both your personal and business goals. We can often make our goals all around what we want to achieve in business, guilty as charged, and forget the personal stuff. So balance that up. It could be your annual leave, physical fitness or time out through the year.

So what’s my “Ready Reckoner” mean? Well, it’s personal but I will tell you this.

The 1 represents 1 Vulcan 2000 cruiser motorbike, because I deserve it, I work hard (Plus I turn 50 in April).

So go to work and short list what’s important for you and give it a number.