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With the amount of excellent material available in books,
courses and on the internet these days, it's unlikely that you
are short of ideas about how to improve your life.
But how many great ideas have you read and then forgotten?
Probably a fair few, even most of them, if you're honest with
yourself. And somehow it's all too easy for life to go on,
despite your interest in making things great, just getting more
of the same old results you were always getting.
Why not try making the very most of your life by putting this
simple system in place to gather and implement the changes and
ideas which capture your imagination?
1. Record your ideas
Keep a special notebook where you jot down all your ideas and
notes about improving your life as you come across them, noting
down only those ideas you definitely want to try out. Ideas can
be as simple as drinking 8 glasses of water a day or as complex
as following the whole process in the latest self-development
book you have been reading.
2. One-off actions
Every week select an action, small group of actions or next
stage in a process you want to implement. Have a set day and
time to make your selection each week so you don't forget and
then make sure that you complete the action before it's time to
choose again. Result : 52 one-off actions or steps towards
implementing a program completed every year for the rest of your
life.
3. Habits to encourage
In addition, select a great new habit every week. And spend the
week focusing on that habit and making it happen. View this as
an experiment to see if it does anything for you. If it works
you can keep it. If it doesn't show any signs of being of
benefit, you can discard it. Monitor your current set of habits
daily until each one becomes so automatic it's simply part of
your routine. Make a game of seeing how well you can do each day
in keeping up your new habits. Result : potentially 52 great new
habits a year, realistically 30 to 40, building your success
week by week for the rest of your life.
4. Projects Big and Small
You can even tackle a big project to lose weight or get a new
job in this way by breaking it down into one-off action steps
and habits. For example, action steps you might jot down in your
goal to lose weight might be to buy a healthy cookbook, join a
gym and get a chosen weight loss program checked out by your
doctor. Habits you can implement step by step might be to take a
walk each lunchtime, replace sugary soda drinks one by one with
water and include 7 portions of fruit and vegetables in your
diet each day to add bulk and nutrients without too many
calories.
5. Focus for Visible and Motivating Progress
If you focus on specific areas of your life for 4 to 6 weeks at
a time, you will find that you make huge leaps forward in a
short time. For example, 6 weeks on health and you will have
taken 6 action steps towards a healthier you and added 6 new
healthy habits which you can consoldate while you focus on
another area, such as your home or your relationships.
Copyright 2009-2015, Janice Elizabeth Small
About the author:
Janice Elizabeth is a weight loss coach, slimming club owner and
author of "The Diet Exit Plan". Her system promotes permanent
healthy and automatic weight loss through making small changes
to your everyday habits. Get her FREE 15 page report "How to
lose weight without dieting - 7 secrets the diet industry
doesn't want you to know" at http://www.SimplySlimming.com
TODAY!
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