7 Steps to achieving your new year resolution

2014 is coming to an end, and lot of persons have started drafting or writing out resolutions for the new year. Before you start writing your new year's resolutions, here are 7 steps that

have helped me achieve 80 percent of my new Year's resolutions and i would like you guys to give it a try.

1. Decide exactly what you want; Be specific, know what you want and don't be a rolling stone. If you want to increase your income this new year, decide on a specific amount of money rather than just to “make more money.”

2. Write it do; A goal not written down is like a cigarette smoke; it drifts away and disappear. It is insubstantial. It has no force, effect or power. But a written goal become something you can see, touch, read and modify if necessary.

3. Let it be realistic; Your goals for the new year should be realistic and within the reach of your resources. Take for instance, you are planning on building a house when you don't even have a plot of land.

4. Set deadlines for every goal; Pick a reasonable time period and write down the date when you want to achieve it. If it is a big enough goal, set a final deadline and then set sub deadlines or  interim steps.
What do you do if you don't achieve your goal before the deadline? Simple. You set another deadline. A deadline is just a “guesstimate.” Sometimes you achieve your goals before the deadline, sometimes after the deadline, sometimes at the deadline. Remember; “There are no unrealistic goals only unrealistic deadlines.”

5. List out everything you think you could possibly do to achieve your goal; As Henry Ford said “The biggest goal can be achieve if you just break it down into enough small steps.”
Make a list of obstacles and difficulties you need to overcome, both internal or external, list out the additional knowledge and skills you will need and also make a list of the people whose cooperation and support you will require to achieve your goals.

6. Organize your list by both sequence and priority; A list organized by sequence requires that you decide what to do first, what to do second and what to do later on.
In addition, a list organized by priority enables you to determine what is more important and what is not.

7. Take action on your plan immediately; Take the first step and then the second the second step. Get going. Get busy. Move quickly. Don't delay. Remember; Procrastination is not only the thief of time; it the thief of life