FIVE REASONS WHY GOAL SETTINGS FAIL

1. Only a Wish List
   Many people don't give enough thought to their goals and very often copy other's goals because they look better.
   
   
2. No Clarity
   It is no use setting goals if you don't add a realistic date by when you want to achieve them.
   
   
3. All Talk, No Action
   Have you ever met someone who is still talking of achieving the same goal ten years later?  They talk a great talk; however they don't want to do the hard work that is needed to get there.
   
   
4. Not Taking Responsibility
   Many people don't take responsibility for the intentions they have set and when their goals don't happen as quick as they want to, they blame everything from the weather to the economy.
   
   
5. Take Advice from the Wrong People
   If you want to be successful in any main area of your life, go out and find or attract someone into your life who is already achieving what you want.  Don't take advice from people who are not there yet.

GET YOURSELF ORGANISED

It's hard to get anything done when you have 1,000 emails in your inbox, a desk piled high with paper and the environment around you overloaded.  Here are some suggestions on how to handle it today.

Office Clean Up Day

• No moaning that you haven't time, make time, do it today.  I promise you it will be so worth it.
• Get rid of piles of paper.
• Only leave on your desk what you are working on.

File Folders

• Always have a set of spare file folders on hand so you can organise current and completed projects.

Press the Delete Button

• Make the delete button on the computer your best friend.  Take an hour to unsubscribe to every newsletter that you never read.

Make Space

• Don't be afraid of space.  Create space everywhere around you; it helps you think more clearly.

Let Go

• Let go of old books, mementos that you no longer need or use.

When we make space and declutter, we create space for new ideas and changes to come into our lives.

CHANGE IS SCARY... GET OVER IT

Most humans would rather leave the planet than change, yet from the moment we are born things are changing.

Change is scary and yes change is hard, but it doesn't have to be any of those things if we get our mindset and company mindset right.

Before you carry out change, ask yourself the following questions:

• Are you willing to pay the price?
• Is it worth it?

Once you have made the decision to move forward with the changes, then get the buy in from your team and everyone around you.  You can never shortcut the change process, so make sure you have everyone around you on board.

Be prepared, change at first will feel awkward, yet isn't that how any new habit feels?  

As a leader you can't be a change agent for your organisation if you're stagnant on the inside, so commit to your own personal growth and be the change you want to see around you.

NEW LEADERS LEARN TO BE RADICALLY HONEST

Powerful leadership involves really asking one's self radically honest questions and paying attention to the message you are sharing on a day to day basis in the business.

Three examples of such questions are:

1. Are you truly surrounded by the people who inspire you to be your best so as you in turn can inspire everyone around you to be their best?
2. Are you sharing the message you came here to share in the world?
3. Are you being the person in the world you most want to be?

Being radically honest can feel uncomfortable at times, yet it builds boundaries and firm foundations for the future.

BE A MOUNTAINEER IN THE WORKPLACE

When I think of the word mountaineer, it builds a sense of excitement and inner wildness within me.

How much excitement and inner wildness is there in your current workplace these days?

When we feel excitement, it gives our lives meaning and hope, two of the most needed words in today's work environment.

As I travel the world I still see too many workplaces that are filled with the living dead, who say on a Monday morning, roll on Friday, living lives of quiet desperation always wishing for the weekend to come.

The leader as a mountaineer has the ability to change that.

• They realise every day is a new day.
• Every day is the chance to climb a new summit together.
• Every day they bring the presence of who they are to the workplace.
• Every day they lead from the inside out.
• Every day they bring meaning and creativity and it affects everyone around them.
• Every day they know and understand that being outstanding makes a difference.
• Every day they take small steps knowing that over time, it will have an incredible impact.
• Every day they are a mountaineer in the workplace, encouraging and supporting everyone in their team to leave the Valley and live from the mind set of the Mountain.

MAKE CHANGES NOT EXCUSES

Has anyone else out there carried around a little too much weight for most of their lives?

Well that was me until recently.  I decided to give up the excuses and make changes.  I had many times over the years dabbled with making changes, yet the same old habits came creeping back... and isn't it amazing the lies we tell ourselves like 'I am big boned' or 'It's just my metabolism' and on and on...

The funny thing is for many years I used the excuse that I was big boned, then one day as I was speaking on stage, I had my hand held high and I looked at my wrist and realised I had a tiny sparrow's wrist.  Time to let go of that excuse....

What will it take for you to make changes and let go of the excuses.  Far too often we spend our lives living with the brakes on and yet our past need never be our future.

Why not start carving out a new future for yourself today and let your unique light shine...

Imagine all the extra energy you will have for starters!

BE RESPONSIBLE

What are you doing every day to help build this new and better world that is emerging?  Are you stuck in the victim paradigm or feeling your way into the possibility paradigm. The times are changing quickly and somehow right now it's as if we are in between worlds.  Some leaders are still blaming the Politicians, the Banks, each other and on and on...

The front covers of most newspapers have become so negative that the vibration of negativity just hits you like an arrow as you pass any news stand.  What will it take to stop playing victim and take responsibility.

When we as humans take responsibility our inner and outer world changes.  We find the courage from the inside to give up our excuses.  We build bridges instead of barriers.

How do you stop playing victim?
One way is to get a large sheet of paper and on the left hand side write down all the reasons why you feel dissatisfied with the world and yourself right now.  Then on the right hand side, write what do you want and then do something to improve yourself, your family, maybe even your country.  I passionately believe that sometimes in life we need to get over ourselves and wake up to the fact that life is short.  Just one long moment, made up of many small moments.  Why not use every moment to make a difference.

You, your family, work colleagues and even the world will be better for it.