Happy New Year everyone

Another year over, what were your best bits, and worst bits, what would you do differently if you had a second chance at it? For me, it was a decision that I made at the beginning of the year to focus on my business and make it happen. It didnt half boost my confidence to know that I made the right decision at the time. Had I known what I know now, I would have done it sooner, but hey there you go.
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin

 Hot topic - Setting goals
 Achieving success through goal setting

So how do you set goals ? Ask any successful person that you know of, they always set themselves goals, maybe not achieve every one on time, but they do in the end. Start with small goals, which will make up your main goal, where do you want to go in your life? Properly-set goals can be incredibly motivating, and as you get into the habit of setting and achieving goals, you'll find that your self-confidence builds fast.
They give you long-term vision and short-term motivation. They focus your acquisition of knowledge and help you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of your life. keeping goals confidential, and finding people who have similar goals who would be happy with your success.

The goals need to be SMART S - Specific M - Measurable A - Ambitious R - Realistic T - Timed

It is easier to set goals to a planned timescale, and make them measurable. Be brave and ambitious, go out of your personal space, take a risk and see what happens, to achieve your ultimate goal.
" The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher." - Thomas Henry Huxley

 7 tips for 2007

• Self Awareness - Through self awareness, you learn about yourself and understand why things happen and your own reactions and you make better choices that fit better.. Are you aware of the decisions that you make everyday? Do you understand why you make these decisions?
• Values are your personal priorities - that are most important to you - for whatever reason.Can you list your most clear personal priorities?
• Fear - Fear of failure is stronger than fear of not succeeding, thus we take fewer risks than we can actually afford.Fears are a result of a false evaluation of an event, Fear can be / is a good thing, not a bad thing. The trick is to use it to your advantage. What do you fear?
• Change your environment - Change of your environment can quickly give you something worth doing. If you want to change, make the necessary to change, make the need, or opportunity for the change compelling. What would you change in your life? Why not give it a go for 2007?.
• Beliefs - Beliefs are assumptions we've internalized and interpret the world in different ways. Problems happen when we base our life on our assumptions, hence we don't evolve. What are your beliefs? How did they become yours ?
• Reward - People are easily motivated with the most fitting carrot or stick. The more evolved the person is, inspiration usually works better than incentives. Reward is another word for motivation. What motivates you?
• Support - The more positive support we have, the more we can achieve with as little stress as possible. In a chaotic world, structure provides necessary framework and a system to get things done. Who do you tell your inner most secrets and goals? Who will support you when no one else does?

Hope you have a great New Year achieving all that you want. Your Natural Life Coach provides the proper amount of support and structure that empowers rather than restricting your life as life is for living by your rules!
"Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Oliver Goldsmith