Diet and exercise rank as one of the top New Year Resolutions year after year after year. Have you made your resolution? 40-45% of American adults make one or more. How many are maintained?
Nearly 1/2 of Americans who make resolutions keep them in the first 6 months.*
- past the first week: 75%
- past 2 weeks: 71%
- after one month: 64%
- after 6 months: 46%
The Wall Street Journal reports only 19% of us have kept a resolution 2 years after making it.
My resolution as many of you already know from a previous posting is to lose 39 pounds in 2010. I’ve written it in my work and play blog - I’ve posted for all to see. This is one of the recommendations given to me by motivational coach Tony Gates. I’ve definitely followed his recommendation and made my goal public!
To ensure my success, I am going to now focus on the steps I will take to LIVEit! In 2010.
LIVEit!
Laugh! Let it be said that I will not go on a diet. Diet has the word DIE in it - I’m going for all out lifestyle change. I will laugh at myself and laugh more in my life. I am not afraid to laugh out loud I refuse to let others laugh at me, I will instead welcome them to laugh along with me. Laughing keeps me healthy from the inside out. Let’s make laughter our #1 ringtone in 2010!
Invest. I will invest time. I will invest in the time it takes to listen to others. I will listen to my inside voice telling me what I truly want to do professionally. I will invest in learning new ways to make my goals a reality. I will be proud in the knowledge that my most important investments are time with my family, and time spent helping colleagues and clients become better at what they do! Let’s invest in each other in 2010!
Visibly post my goals. I will keep a visible reminder of each goal in a very public place for me to see every day. I will encourage others to know what that reminder is and to help me stay excited about the goal I’ve set. I will stay visibly involved in my goal. Let’s become visibly supportive in 2010!
Engage. I will engage others to join in the Liveit! mentality. I will engage my passion each day. I will engage in learning new skills to help me reach my goal. I will be engaged at each meeting, Each day I will engage in a conversation with a stranger. I will also engage others by learning about their goals for success. Let’s make 2010 the year of engagement!
We can LIVEit! Up together in 2010! We can beat the bad economy mentality. We can enjoy a new year and a new reality and make our resolutions positively affect each and every day!
LIVEit! Laugh. Invest. Visibly Engage.
*Source:
Auld Lang Syne: Success predictors, change processes, and self-reported outcomes of New Year's resolvers and nonresolvers, by John C. Norcross, Marci S. Mrykalo, Matthew D. Blagys , University of Scranton. Journal of Clinical Psychology, Volume 58, Issue 4 (2002). John Norcross is a co-author of Changing For Good. How To Keep your New Year Resolution, WSJ
*Source:
Auld Lang Syne: Success predictors, change processes, and self-reported outcomes of New Year's resolvers and nonresolvers, by John C. Norcross, Marci S. Mrykalo, Matthew D. Blagys , University of Scranton. Journal of Clinical Psychology, Volume 58, Issue 4 (2002). John Norcross is a co-author of Changing For Good. How To Keep your New Year Resolution, WSJ
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