It’s February. How are your new year plans progressing?

Have you given up? Thinking of giving up? Struggling?

Or, are you on a high, with the dopamine boost from goals achieved and new habits progressing nicely? If so, sincere congratulations.

The 5-step Re-launch

If you’ve given up, lost enthusiasm for your new goals and targets or are finding it hard to keep momentum going, here is my re-launch process. Just 5 easy steps to a New Start!

Step 1. Turn the page.

Yes, first forget the past and start from NOW. Using whatever metaphor you like, choose to:

Turn to a new page
Think “I’m starting NOW”
Today is a new day

Some people advise “learn from your mistakes then start again”. But learning from your mistakes can spiral you into a bad place of self-criticism. When you stew over all the things that went wrong, you can easily end up feeling bad, wrong and dispirited.

I know because I’ve done that too. So forget the bad start and begin again!

Step 2. Create one really clear goal

Give it a time, a deadline and make it very specific. With numbers. Take the example of getting fit: get fit by X date.
Decide how you’ll measure success. Clothes size? Kilos you can lift? Activities you can do easily?

Step 3. List specific activities which will enable you to meet your goal:

Daily exercise
Gym visits
Jogging
Playing with the kids
Using stairs instead of lift/elevator etc

Step 4. Rate your level on each of these activities.

Do a rating of your level now from 0-10 (0= avoid physical activity, 10-excellent). This way you can re-rate yourself every few weeks and notice the progress.

Step 5. Get support from other people

Involve your family
If you’ve got young children, get them to draw you a motivating picture
Ask everyone to praise you when you go jogging
Request them to encourage you to keep going when you lose momentum, not persuade you to miss a day
Pay a personal trainer
Tell your friends, those who are likely to be supportive
Get a buddy to do it with you

And if fitness isn’t your goal just use the same system on what YOU want to achieve. It’s a tried and tested process and is quick to set up.

Here’s to your successful achievements in 2020!

Whatever YOUR aspirations and goals, working with a neutral external partner helps. A business coach challenges and supports you, asks questions that move you forward powerfully, making space for your valuable reflection.

If you are ready to make a changes to your leadership style, do things differently, contact me.

I help you get crystal clarity on where you REALLY want to be and what’s stopping you, a review of your positioning, purpose and time-frame. You go away with ideas and options, inspiration and action steps to make it happen.

Take the first step now.

Click here to book an informal chat to discover how I can help you. Or you can contact me via the contact form here.

Executive Business Coach and Leadership Communication Specialist Alison Haill is Founder and CEO of Oxford Professional Consulting. She has a track-record of 40 years working with business leaders and international professionals across 4 continents, achieving transformational outcomes.

Her unique approach combines practical Business Experience, powerful Coaching Processes, Neuroscience and Conversational Intelligence®, Linguistics, and Cross-Cultural experience. Contact Alison at alison.haill@opcOxford.com or by phone on 01865 436791. Or click here.