Are you ready to make your New Year’s resolutions? I can’t believe another year has passed and it’s time to make my 2009 Dream Board. We’ve had a lot of snow the couple of weeks giving me time to review and reflect on my past Dream Boards. Imagine my delight to see all the goals I’d accomplished. It reaffirms my belief that setting your goals and intentions and writing them down helps them happen.
Next week I’m meeting with my life coach to determine what lights my fire and what I intend to accomplish this year – both personally and professionally. I meet with a coach because it’s almost impossible for me to get quiet enough by myself to think about my goals. Having goals keeps me focused and gives me the determination and passion to accomplish them. I do my best to set goals I can achieve and ensure they’re my own goals and not someone else’s. I know if I keep my goals in my head they simply don’t happen. I can walk from one end of the house to another and forget why I’m there. Every January I take time to determine my goals because it helps me:
*Determine a sense of meaning, purpose and direction
*Gain clarity and decide what’s important
*Determine what’s important versus what’s relevant
*Achieve more and keep focused
*Increase my motivation to succeed
*Improve my self-confidence
Using the information we uncover during the meeting with my coach, I’ll create this year’s Dream Board. I use the word dream not goal, because my dreams are my purpose in life. Some people also refer to this as Treasure Mapping. I create a colorful, visual representation of my dreams and goals for the year. Because I’m a very visual person, I clip pictures, sayings and words from magazines. I use my rubber stamps and stickers and also include pictures of myself. I arrange all of this on a large poster board and glue it down. My Dream Board hangs in my dressing area where I look at it each morning and evening. It’s powerful. I know setting positive intentions attracts positive outcomes in my life.
If you’re ready to determine your goals, you might begin by:
*Reading Goals! How to Get Everything You Want – Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible
*Making an appointment to meet with a life coach
*Attending a Money Wi$e Women Conference (we always have a breakout session on goal setting)
*Joining the Money Wi$e Women Get Smart Educational Series. The January 13th teleseminar is Goal Setting for Financial Success and Prosperity with Michele Corey with Advanced Approach.
Don’t wait another minute, schedule time for yourself to determine your goals for this year. Remember – write them down and be sure to include a targeted completion date. “Goals are dreams with deadlines.” Diana Scharf Hunt
Warmly,
Marcia
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