31 days to your goal

Keep on Going {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 31, 2013

We’re done! Today is the last day of the month — and this series — and we’ve covered a ton of information about goal-setting, from setting realistic goals and staying motivated to knowing when to give up. Hopefully you set and made some real progress toward one of your goals for 2013. Now what?

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Reward Yourself {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 30, 2013

Our 31 days is almost up, and today we’re talking about goal setting and rewards…also known as the adult form of bribery! Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “The reward of a thing well done is to have done it,” and on some level I agree with him. Achieving your goal should be enough of a reward [...]

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Know When to Quit {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 29, 2013

I talked about this a little bit earlier in the month, but I think it’s worth revisiting because we’re all so used to the saying “Winners never quit” that sometimes we stick with something a lot longer than we should. The truth is that winners quit all the time; they just don’t quit because things [...]

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Evaluate Your Progress {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 28, 2013

The month is drawing to a close and the shininess has worn off our “New Year’s resolutions”. But it’s the start of a new day, a new week and, soon, a new month — plenty of opportunities for starting fresh and setting new goals! Before we do that, though, take some time this week to [...]

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Set Fun Goals {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 27, 2013

As the month draws to an end, I hope you’re starting to think about goals to layer on top of the goal you set to kick off the year. With that in mind, I want to remind you that it’s okay to set fun goals too. “You are never too old to set another goal [...]

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Layer Your Goals {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 25, 2013

Setting multiple goals at one time can keep you from reaching any of them because it spreads your focus too thin, but that doesn’t mean that you’re destined to only pursue one goal at a time for the rest of your life. In fact, the best way to pursue multiple goals and stay on a [...]

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Decide Whether You’ll Cheat {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 24, 2013

I’m realizing that goal-setting is an intensely personal process. What works for one person won’t work for another, and you have to really know yourself in order to know which will work for you. Today’s exercise is yet one more example of that. For some people, “cheat days” are an important part of their goal-setting [...]

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Form a Junto {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 23, 2013

This is a tidbit I picked up from The Happiness Project, and I was excited to realize I do have “a club of mutual improvement”. Do you? In case you can’t see the quote from Benjamin Franklin above, it says: “I had form’d most of my ingenious acquaintance into a club of mutual improvement, which [...]

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Find a Mentor {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 22, 2013

At the beginning of the month, we talked about sharing your goal publicly and being accountable to other people. Today, we’re going to talk about another important relationship when it comes to goal-setting: having a mentor. “Mentor: Someone whose hindsight can become your foresight.” I love the quote above, which sums up the value of [...]

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Adjust as You Go {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 21, 2013

Days to Your Goal series! Yesterday we talked about taking time to reflect on your goal and your progress. That’s important not only because it gives you insight into your personality but also because it lets you make adjustments as you go. Sometimes we hesitate to adjust our goals along the way, feeling like an [...]

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Take Time to Reflect {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 20, 2013

It’s hard to believe that we’re already two-thirds of the way through January already! Today we’re talking about taking the time to reflect on your goal and your progress, no matter how small or big your goal is. There’s a reason why so many of our quotes this month talk about the process of setting [...]

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Don’t Give in to Discouragement {31 Days to Your Goal}

January 19, 2013

At some point on the path toward any goal, chances are that you’ll find yourself discouraged. It might be after a failure or when you’re not making progress as quickly as you’d like. No matter when it hits, it’s important to keep on going! Discouragement happens to everybody, and making the decision to give up [...]

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