Aditya Kothadiya's Blog

2007 was a great year for me and I hope it was a great year for you as well. I wish you great health, lot of luck, huge success and tremendous joy in year 2008. Wish you all a very happy new year!

As I do every year, I had decided some resolutions last year. I couldn’t complete all. I failed in some. I am doing progress in some. And I achieved success on some fronts more than I expected. In all, I think it was a great year. I am satisfied with my activities and progress when I look back at year 2007.

As I said, I couldn’t meet some goals in last year, and this is a perfect time to redefine those goals, and try to achieve again in this year. I am approaching this year with high hopes for a better and more fulfilling life. I am setting some resolutions again in this year.

I think resolutions are a powerful tool to focus and achieve some positive change in our life. If done well and consistently with the right mindset, our resolutions can help us to have a great year compared to last one. It’s okay if we don’t achieve 100% positive change as defined, but as long as it’s a positive change, I’m happy with it.

Here is a list of tips that I learned from Lisa Haneberg on how to create resolutions from her eBook Resolutions –

How to Create New Year’s Resolutions

If you are going to take the time and energy to create a New Year’s Resolution, make it something meaningful, worthwhile, and exciting. This is a perfect time of year to reflect on life and set or recommit to goals that can make a positive difference. This is not a time to beat yourself up over prior unmet goals. Previous failures do not predict future ones, especially when you are focused like a laser beam and unstoppable!

Characteristics of a good resolution

1. Resolutions should be big and inspiring! This is not the time to wimp out or get conservative. Making a resolution come true takes a lot of work so it should be something you can get excited about and will make a big difference in your life.
2. Your resolution should apply to YOU. A resolution should state a personal goal for development or accomplishment.
3. Your resolution should be something you are seriously interested in creating, even if the work will be hard, uncomfortable, or require life changes.
4. Your resolution should be challenging, but doable.
5. The best resolutions will provide your life with greater meaning while allowing you to contribute to others more fully.
6. Good resolutions can be easily explained in a sentence or two.
7. Your resolution needs to be measurable. You should be able to define success.

Once again, have an exciting and challenging year ahead!