Goal Setting Ideas for the Year

Time off gave me the opportunity to read and listen to more news and pop culture media than usual. The myriad of goal setting ideas is staggering. I have chosen a few I found interesting and doable. Try some and you will be well ahead of the curve.

My Goal Setting Ideas for the Year Are:

• Backup personal data as regularly as my office work.

• Start and end with veggies.

• Begin each day with a visualization of how I want the day to end.

• Drop a toxic person in my life.

• Nurture a friendship.

• Book all prevention medical appointments for 2011 now.

• Enforce the one-in-one-out rule when it comes to books, clothes, tools, etc.

• Reduce paper/plastic use by 10%.

• Take more photos of the people in my life.

• Place something in my workspace that makes me smile.

• Delegate a mundane task.

• Increase charitable giving of time, money, or advocacy.

• Interact with people of another generation.

• Refuse to talk about work during meals.

• Increase sleep by half an hour a day.

• Reduce calories by 100 per day.

• Change my hair — style, color, quality, something.

• Try one new way to market myself, personally and professionally.

• Hide the clothes I wear too often.

• Meditate five minutes a day.

• Edit my Contact List.

• Talk with an elder; get the real scoop on the family(ies).

• Stand during phone calls.

• Update my will and feel obligated to no one.

• Delete 20% of my e-mails daily.

• Limit my time on social networking to “really fun” or “useful.”

• Read someone you disagree with.

• Play a mind game (crossword, Sudoku, jumble) daily.

• Cry as needed, laugh when in doubt.

• Write more thank you notes; send fewer complaints.

• And Jane’s professional favorite…hire a coach.

That’s right, most people will think this list interesting, maybe even useful. Then they’ll do nothing. Why? Because their day-to-day obscures the eye-on-the-prize and the immediate demands supersede the future. A coach can help you keep on-point and assist you in getting there faster. Need proof? Read what some of my clients have to say. Not sure? Contact me for a free meet and greet. Still not convinced? You’re probably not ready, not for a coach, but for change.