How is your year going?

I hope 2023 has started well for you and that you are already making some good progress on your goals!

Sadly, research has found that by now the majority of people will have wavered on any new year resolutions they may have set themselves. A small percentage of people, this same research shows, are still high in motivation and still taking action. Which camp are you in?

This year I am determined to push through and achieve some lofty goals and make 2023 a huge year, I hope you are too!

If you are one of those who is struggling to keep up the momentum you started the year with and “life has started to take over”, fear not, there is still time to get that energy and focus back.

There are many reasons why we may falter so soon after setting goals or new year resolutions, some of them being: setting unrealistic resolutions / goals, lack of planning, or absence of accountability.

So, if you find yourself struggling to stick to your resolutions or find that you are struggling to make progress on your goals, what can you do?

Another reason why we may not achieve what we set our sights on may be that we fall prey to limiting beliefs, you know, that little voice inside that nags at us, we question ourselves, we shy away from doing something we really want to do… that’s a limiting belief. Left unchallenged and unchanged these limiting beliefs can severely disrupt the achievement of our dreams (if not kill them off).  So what can we do?

To paraphrase Tony Robbins, “the quality of our life is determined by the quality of the questions we ask ourselves.” Often we limit ourselves by asking limiting questions or making limiting statements rather than pushing ourselves to find creative solutions to our challenges.

• “Why does this always happen to me?”
• “I don’t know how to do this”
• “I will look like a fool and everyone will laugh at me”

Through working with my clients, I have often found that a certain type of question has helped them unlock some of their most creative approaches or helped them overcome some of the obstacles that had held them back. What’s this type of question? It’s the “What if…?” question – some examples of which are:

• What if I couldn’t fail?
• What if money was no object?
• What if I knew the answer, what would it be?
• What if I could wave a magic wand and I had achieved xyz… What steps would I have taken?

Asking ourselves these empowering questions suspends our conscious thinking and allow us to think creatively, without limits. Some of the best approaches can be found in this way. So if you find yourself struggling to make progress against your goals give this a try and let me know how you get on.

To your success in 2023!