Are You Still Keeping Your New Years Resolutions

We are half way through 2009, are you still making good on those New Years Resolutions? If you are Great, keep it up, this article is not for you. For those of you who have followed through on your New Year's resolutions and done amazing things, you may want to check back in tomorrow.

For those of you that have not, lets call this halftime. Take a day or so to stop, step back and take a look at where you are, as opposed to where you planned to be at this point of the year.

If you're like many people, then exactly six months ago you were all excited about the new year and all the things you were about to do to make a change in your life. Different habits, different attitude, different relationships and, different outcomes.

Creating positive change in life has nothing to do with a date on a calendar and everything to do with you. Your attitude, determination, honesty, motivation, and discipline.

Here are a few tips to help you get back on track

Recommit To Your Goal
Verbally saying that you are going to accomplish something and doing it are two different things. A commitment backed up with action is the sure way to start accomplishing your goals. Start with small short term goals then move on to larger goals

Make Your Goals Specific, Measurable, and Clear
Goals that are written down, specific, clear, and measurable have a higher success rate than those that are not. You have to know exactly what you're going after, see the end result in your imagination, and have a time frame for completion.

When you state a goal saying, "I want to earn more money this year", how much more money do you want to earn? One dollar more is more money. Get very specific and clear on the goal that you're going after. For example, "I choose to save $5,000 dollars in the bank by December 31, 2009." That goal is clear, specific, and measurable. The purpose on getting clear and specific is so you can direct your mind to find the means to achieve the goal.

Create a Mini-Vision Board
Sometimes having something visual to look at can provide us with the motivation to take action. Try making your own mini-vision board. Cut out pictures from magazines that represent accomplishing your goal. Using a sheet of 8x11 card stock paper (leave about a 2 inch space at the top), glue your pictures in a collage fashion. At the top of your vision board, write your goal and the deadline you will complete it. You can place your board in a 9x12 picture frame and place it on your night stand or bathroom counter or simply post it on your bathroom mirror, refrigerator or other location where you will see it frequently.

Take Action
Lack of consistent action is usually the missing piece to success.If you have big goals, expect to take massive and bold action to achieve those goals. Everyday you should be taking some form of action towards your goals. If you're only able to do one action item toward your goal today, then you're already ahead of 97 percent of the people in this world.

Setting and achieving your goal shouldn't be that hard once you know how. All you have to do is review your goals regularly, break things down into manageable steps, make it measurable and take action