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Jim Bouchard is author and founder of Dynamic Components of Personal Power, and the founder of Northern Chi Martial Arts Centers. Jim combines his experience as a professional martial artist, entrepreneur and speaker to share his philosophy on power for personal and professional success.
December 17, 2007

New Year REVOLUTION!

Do you set New Year resolutions? If you did, you’re in the company of about 40% of the American public. If you did set some resolutions, there’s a 50/50 chance you’re going to fail in your resolutions before the end of January.

That’s depressing!

Why do we have such a hard time keeping New Year resolutions? Well, because resolutions suck! At least that’s my opinion.

The experts have a more informed view on the matter. Psychiatrists at the University of Maryland Medical Center and University of Toronto have been puzzling over New Year resolution failure for some time. Their conclusions:

1. Most resolutions are too vague.
2. Goals are unrealistic.

As I said, resolutions suck! If you’re going to succeed this year, forget the resolutions and start your New Year REVOLUTION. Change completely the way you look at setting goals for the New Year and start with specific, manageable goals you know you can accomplish.

To do this, you’ve first got to identify which goals excite you the most; to generate personal power you start with motivation. You’ve got to identify which goals provide the strongest motivation for you to take action.

I’ve found that most New Year goals fall into one of these two categories: things you want to do and things you want to stop doing! You’ve got to identify what you’re really motivated to do or stop doing.

From there, you need an investigation phase. You’ve got to determine whether or not you’ve got the resources necessary to see these goals through to a successful conclusion. You’ve got to have material, emotional and spiritual resources in sufficient quantity to sustain your efforts. If you lack resources in a particular area, don’t be discouraged: you may set new goals based on generating the resources you’ll need to attack a larger ambition. This goal may become a more manageable first step in accomplishing something greater.

Once you determine what motivates you and what resources you have to bring to bear right now, you can prioritize your goals based on which goals give you the greatest probability of success. Those become your REVOLUTIONS for the coming year!

I'd like to thank Carl Natale and MaineToday.com for giving me the opportunity to reach so many of you with the Dynamic Components of Personal Power philosophy!

As a small expression of gratitude, I’m making a FREE program available for readers of Power Play and MaineToday.com...New Year REVOLUTION features a complete workbook and audio program to help you create your REVOLUTION. Click here to download your PDF workbook and listen to the audio program.

Feel free to share these materials with everyone you know! (Just be sure to follow the guidelines for sharing in the manual…I’m asking you to share the materials in their complete form and tell people where you got this powerful information!)

Make your first resolution to create your New Year REVOLUTION and start yourself on the path of success.

Best thoughts for Success & Happiness in the New Year!
Jim

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