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"An
honest evaluation of the past is the first step toward a vision for the
future.” December
and January are the months when many people decide that next year is going to be
their year. Much thought is given to what they would like to accomplish and
change as the New Year starts. These are called New Year’s Resolutions, and
I’m sure that you, like me, have a few. In this article, rather than talking
about our resolutions for 2002, I want to focus us in on 2001. Before
we get going on what we want to achieve in 2002, we should see how we did with
our 2001 goals. It is important for us to evaluate last year’s resolutions. By
doing this we are able to see a number of things, including whether or not we
achieved them; whether we tend to shoot too high or too low in our goals;
whether we have the tenacity to pursue many goals at once; what areas we did
well in and why, as well as vice-versa. All of this will enable us to make
better, more realistic, and achievable goals for the coming year. So let’s get
started! First
of all, if you wrote down your goals for 2001, it would be good to look them
over again. If you didn’t write them down, try to remember specifically what
you had set as your New Year’s Resolutions for 2001. As
you go through this questionnaire, ask yourself the following questions: Did
I achieve this goal? If no, why? If yes, why? If I didn’t achieve this goal,
what could I have done differently? If I did achieve this goal, what resources
did I draw from that enabled me to do so? Look at both internal and external
resources. Are the areas that I achieved in, connected in any way? What about
those that I didn’t achieve in? As a whole, were my goals too high or too low? Spend
some time reflecting on these questions. Get a piece of paper or a journal and
jot yourself some notes. Family and Relationship Goals
I
know that with many thousands of people receiving this newsletter, there are
going to be some different family structures and situations, so take the
principles and apply them to your situation. Did you have any family or
relationship goals last year? How many? Did you achieve them? If not, what
percentage would you say you made progress? Based on your activity last year,
how important would you say family relationships are to you? Is this too much or
too little? What is one very positive thing that came out of your family last
year? Financial Goals
What
were your financial goals last year? Be specific. Did you have income goals?
Savings goals? Net worth goals? Charity goals? What were the factors that were
involved with whether or not you achieved these goals? Did you achieve these
goals? If not, what percentage would you say you made progress? Based on your
activity last year, how important would you say financial goals are to you? Is
this too much or too little? What is one very positive thing that came out of
your finances last year? Spiritual Goals
This
is an area that many people don’t make goals in. Did you make any spiritual
goals for 2001? What were they? How did they work out? Are you in a better state
spiritually at the end of 2001 than you were at the beginning? Did you achieve
your spiritual goals? If not, what percentage would you say you made progress?
Based on your activity last year, how important would you say spiritual goals
are to you? ? Is this too much or too little? What is one very positive thing
that came out of your spiritual life last year? Health Goals
Almost
everybody starts the New Year with the desire to “lose weight.” Was this a
goal for you last year? How did you do? Did you achieve your health goals? If
not, what percentage would you say you made progress? Based on your activity
last year, how important would you say health goals are to you? Is this too much
or too little? What is one very positive thing that came out of your health
goals last year? Business Goals
How
was your business last year? Did you achieve what you wanted to? If not, what
percentage would you say you made progress? Based on your activity last year,
how important would you say business goals are to you? ? Is this too much or too
little? What is one very positive thing that came out of your business last
year? I
hope this puts you on the track of positive reflection on 2001! I am sure that
there were many positive results for you. I also am committed to helping 2002 be
an even better year for you. January
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