{"id":2791,"date":"2013-12-27T07:26:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T13:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2024-12-31T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T20:30:00","slug":"resolve-the-critical-component-of-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/resolve-the-critical-component-of-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolve &#8211; The Critical Component of Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2791\" class=\"elementor elementor-2791\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ae5dd3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7ae5dd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a17e7c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62f33940 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62f33940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It&#8217;s that time of year when we toast the possibilities and potential of a new year. A time for renewed determination for improvement.\u00a0 A time to say to yourself, I want to make this a better year and I resolve to __________.<\/p><h3>Wait!<\/h3><p>Before you fill in the blank and make a potentially false promise to yourself, make sure the Champagne has worn off and ask yourself:<\/p><h4>What really happened with last year&#8217;s resolutions?<\/h4><h4>Did I achieve what I set out to do? Do I even remember what I resolved to do?<\/h4><h4>Did we achieve last year&#8217;s business goals? If not, why not?<\/h4><blockquote><p><strong>Research shows that 45% of Americans usually set New Year\u2019s resolutions but only 8% are actually accomplished. *<br \/><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><h3>Insanity?<\/h3><p>If you&#8217;re like most people, your resolve lasted less than three weeks. It frequently fades as we get sucked back into the same routines and habits of previous years. This is a struggle for the ages as Benjamin Franklin defined it in the 1700s.<\/p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.&#8221; &#8211;<\/strong><\/em> Benjamin Franklin<\/p><\/blockquote><p>After a few years of unsuccessful attempts, many abandon establishing resolutions admitting: They just don&#8217;t work for me.\u00a0\u00a0Or they&#8217;ve become an annual joke that allows us to laugh off our lack of resolve and rationalize our state of insanity.<\/p><h3>Why do so many achieve so few of their New Year&#8217;s Resolutions?<\/h3><ul><li><strong>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions are seldom, if ever, committed to writing.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Rarely, if ever, is time invested to planning our achievements.<\/strong> If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.<\/li><li><strong>Resolution success requires changes in our habitual behaviors<\/strong>. Behavioral scientists tell us it takes a minimum of 21 days to establish a habit. During that critical forming period, it only takes one day to falter.<\/li><li><strong>We allow outside influences to effect our internal resolve.<\/strong> We don&#8217;t hold ourselves accountable for our own success.<\/li><li><strong>We don&#8217;t know how to take resolutions seriously.<\/strong> Our ego prevents us from seeking support or learning how.<\/li><\/ul><blockquote><p><strong>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions can become a superficial toy of prideful underachievers.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><p>In absence of a process for commitment to your resolutions, is there any wonder why most people&#8217;s attempts meet with failure?<\/p><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ten Questions for Your Business and Personal Resolutions<\/h2><ol><li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6441 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/10questions-150x90.jpg\" alt=\"10 Questions\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/10questions-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/10questions-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/10questions.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>In your personal life, professionally and in your organization, what do you have the potential to achieve in the coming year?<\/li><li>Have you committed it to <strong>writing<\/strong> with a way to routinely review it?<\/li><li>Will your resolve evaporate in three weeks, or are you willing to devote the time and conscious effort needed to develop productive new habits?<\/li><li>Are you willing to methodically develop and work a plan to realize the rewards of your achievement?<\/li><li>If you don&#8217;t take action with genuine <em><strong>resolve<\/strong><\/em>, will your situation be any different next year at this time?<\/li><li>Is your written resolution stated specifically in a way you can track your progress?<\/li><li>What kind of support system have you developed? Do you have someone that will support you and hold you accountable? Do you have a coach, accountability partner or mentor to help assure your short and long term goal achievement?<\/li><li>Have you considered being a coach for others in your organization or family by encouraging their resolve for achievement?<\/li><li>Will you spend the coming year working harder or working smarter?<\/li><li>What successes are you planning to celebrate next year at this time and how will you celebrate?<\/li><\/ol><h3>Related Articles<\/h3><ul><li><a title=\"Challenging Your Approach to 2013\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/happy_new_year\/\">Challenging Your Approach to 2013<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"Why Do New Year\u2019s Resolutions Fail?\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/new-years-resolutions-fail\/\">Why do New Year&#8217;s Resolutions Fail?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><hr \/><p>* The University of Scranton, Journal of Clinical Psychology study, March 2012<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year when we toast the possibilities and potential of a new year. 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