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Issue No: 24 Issue Date: January 2007
Keeping Resolutions
Did you make the same New Year resolutions again this year?
Lose weight, give up the cigarettes, go to the gym? By the end of January only one in five of us (20%) will still be on track. By the end of March only one in twenty (5%) will have stayed true to their commitments.

Want to be in that 5%? Read on to learn 5 great strategies for keeping New Year Resolutions.

The Body of your Dreams
Fed up with what you see in the mirror? Afraid to step onto the scales? Ate too much over Christmas? Want to drop a few sizes? Now is the time to start taking action.

Discover the 10 steps to achieving the Body of your Dreams in 2007

Top Tips - January Blues
Conquer the January ‘blues'.

With Christmas and the New Year festivities behind us, many people find January a gloomy month. It doesn’t have to be that way.

1. Get moving. Hook up your MP3 player and get your legs moving and your heart pumping. Even a 20 minute walk 3 days a week will boost your fitness levels and give you that ‘feel good’ buzz.

2. An early Spring Clean. Give your house and work space a good clear out. What can you recycle, sell or simply bin? Sometimes we have to make space for new things to enter our lives!

3. Get over yourself. Did you know that if you have assets of more than €2200 you are wealthier than half the world's population? Helping others is a great way to put your own life into perspective. How can you volunteer your services this month?

4. What can you learn? Shift your focus and set yourself the goal of learning something new, or enhancing your skills in a specific area this month.

4 More Tips for Conquering the January 'Blues'

 


2007 - Your Best Year Yet?
If you are approaching January with batteries recharged and excited about the year ahead, great. If your motivation levels could do with a boost, then this article is for you.

Most people live their lives on autopilot, doing the same routine day in day out, year in year out. If you continue to do the same things, you will continue to get the same results. This is true for all aspects of our lives; work, health, finances & relationships.

Continue to do what you have always done and you will continue to reap the same rewards. This can be positive or negative depending on your habits and routines. As the Bible says ‘as ye sow, so shall ye reap.’ A definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result each time! So if you want different results in 2007, you will need to do something different. So what do you want in 2007?

Below are 10 great questions for boosting your motivation going into 2007. Give them a go, you have nothing to lose and only new ideas, new insights and success to gain!

1. What would you like to be your biggest success in 2007?
2. What would you most like to change about your work situation in 2007?
3. What would you most like to change about yourself in 2007?
4. What is the major effort you are planning to improve your finances in 2007?
5. What advice would you like to give yourself in 2007?
6. What would you be most happy about achieving in 2007?
7. Based on the concept that it is ‘what you learn after you know it all that counts’, what are you looking forward to learning in 2007?
8. What do you think your biggest risk will be in 2007?
9. What is the one as yet undeveloped talent (or aspect of your business) that you are willing to explore in 2007?
10. What brings you the most happiness and how are you going to have more of it in 2007?
To transform your answers into goals, put a completion or target date beside them, otherwise they will remain vague statements, not results you are committed to.

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"Happiness lies not in the mere posession of money, it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
Franklin D Roosevelt

Editors Letter
James Sweetman Happy New Year

This month's edition of Next Steps is devoted to the topic of New Year Resolutions and specifically how to keep them.

Our lead article contains 10 great questions for boosting your motivation in 2007 and for those of you who have suffered from the January Blues in the past, the Top Tips section gives you 8 strategies for conquering them.
As most resolutions relate to fitness (or lack of fitness) issues, we also include an article on 'getting the body of your dreams in 2007'.

Wishing you continued success in 2007

James Sweetman



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