Comments on: Forget New Year’s Resolutions – They Don’t Work http://www.goals2go.com/2005/12/24/forget-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions-%e2%80%93-they-don%e2%80%99t-work/ A goal setting portal featuring a goal setting blog, goals programs and software, debt reduction, weight loss and smoking cessation information. Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:26:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mariva’s Guide » New Year’s resolutions http://www.goals2go.com/2005/12/24/forget-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions-%e2%80%93-they-don%e2%80%99t-work/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Mariva’s Guide » New Year’s resolutions Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:47:46 +0000 http://www.goals-2-go.com/?p=18#comment-43 [...] I’d become so disillusioned with New Year’s resolutions that, in 2001, I wrote a polemic about their futility. After reading it, a friend asked me, "But don’t you believe in setting goals?" Actually, I do. It’s just that I no longer associate my goals with the arbitrary date of January 1. Vic Johnson, motivational speaker and author of the Goals 2 Go blog, seems to agree with me. (Update: And so, apparently, does Betty Baye in her commentary on NPR’s News & Notes with Ed Gordon.) [...] [...] I’d become so disillusioned with New Year’s resolutions that, in 2001, I wrote a polemic about their futility. After reading it, a friend asked me, "But don’t you believe in setting goals?" Actually, I do. It’s just that I no longer associate my goals with the arbitrary date of January 1. Vic Johnson, motivational speaker and author of the Goals 2 Go blog, seems to agree with me. (Update: And so, apparently, does Betty Baye in her commentary on NPR’s News & Notes with Ed Gordon.) [...]

]]> By: Goal Setting Ben http://www.goals2go.com/2005/12/24/forget-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions-%e2%80%93-they-don%e2%80%99t-work/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Goal Setting Ben Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:10:57 +0000 http://www.goals-2-go.com/?p=18#comment-34 A new years resolution can be a trigger but does for sure not help you going through the up and downs. Its your will that counts the most for any resolution. There is a will there is a way....:) A new years resolution can be a trigger but does for sure not help you going through the up and downs. Its your will that counts the most for any resolution. There is a will there is a way….:)

]]> By: Vic http://www.goals2go.com/2005/12/24/forget-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions-%e2%80%93-they-don%e2%80%99t-work/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Vic Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:51:05 +0000 http://www.goals-2-go.com/?p=18#comment-18 Jon, your comment that "I start working against myself" sounds like self-sabotaging behavior. This type of behavior is usually tied closely to self-esteem and self-worth issues. Lisa Jimenez has a great book that addresses self-sabotage: <b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.asamanthinketh.net/conquer.htm" rel="nofollow">Conquer Fear</a></b> . Hope that helps. Jon, your comment that “I start working against myself” sounds like self-sabotaging behavior. This type of behavior is usually tied closely to self-esteem and self-worth issues. Lisa Jimenez has a great book that addresses self-sabotage: Conquer Fear . Hope that helps.

]]> By: Jon http://www.goals2go.com/2005/12/24/forget-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions-%e2%80%93-they-don%e2%80%99t-work/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Jon Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:19:04 +0000 http://www.goals-2-go.com/?p=18#comment-16 This goes hand in hand with many of the other goal programs I have heard. Focus on what you stand to gain, not on what you stand to lose. Think in the positiive. Create a compelling future and so on. As Tony Robbings say's, " If you talk about it , it 's exciting, if you write it down it can happen, if you schedule it, it becomes real." All great advice. In my personal journey for whatever reason I tend to get a full head of steam, following all of the advice given. I get passed the 30 mark where it is supposed to become a new habit and for whatever reason around the 90 day mark or so I go off track. It seems that I am an all or nothing type. Around the 90 mark I start working against myself. Don't know why... Does this sound familiar to anyone else out there? This goes hand in hand with many of the other goal programs I have heard. Focus on what you stand to gain, not on what you stand to lose. Think in the positiive. Create a compelling future and so on. As Tony Robbings say’s, ” If you talk about it , it ‘s exciting, if you write it down it can happen, if you schedule it, it becomes real.” All great advice. In my personal journey for whatever reason I tend to get a full head of steam, following all of the advice given. I get passed the 30 mark where it is supposed to become a new habit and for whatever reason around the 90 day mark or so I go off track. It seems that I am an all or nothing type. Around the 90 mark I start working against myself. Don’t know why… Does this sound familiar to anyone else out there?

]]> By: Jessica Britt http://www.goals2go.com/2005/12/24/forget-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions-%e2%80%93-they-don%e2%80%99t-work/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Jessica Britt Sun, 25 Dec 2005 16:49:31 +0000 http://www.goals-2-go.com/?p=18#comment-15 That's so true and I absolutely agree. Without setting any goals, the person will not become any better than he or she was before. To achieve goals one must visualize themselves having already achieving their goals and then act. I always make sure I have goals because one of my most important goals is self improvement in all areas and ways. To have that, I have to have goals in the first place. Goals are what makes ourselves better. Thank you for all that you do. That’s so true and I absolutely agree. Without setting any goals, the person will not become any better than he or she was before. To achieve goals one must visualize themselves having already achieving their goals and then act. I always make sure I have goals because one of my most important goals is self improvement in all areas and ways. To have that, I have to have goals in the first place. Goals are what makes ourselves better. Thank you for all that you do.

]]> By: Mary Patton http://www.goals2go.com/2005/12/24/forget-new-year%e2%80%99s-resolutions-%e2%80%93-they-don%e2%80%99t-work/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Mary Patton Sun, 25 Dec 2005 01:35:10 +0000 http://www.goals-2-go.com/?p=18#comment-14 My goals for 2006 are: A closer walk with God A happy God centered marriage To be healthy and fit To become the number one top producing sales rep in my company and receive the award for it at the yearly awards dinner. My goals for 2006 are:

A closer walk with God

A happy God centered marriage

To be healthy and fit

To become the number one top producing sales rep in my company and receive the award for it at the yearly awards dinner.

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