December 27, 2009
The Challenge:
In the spirit of the New Year, this week we should all take a moment to define our largest resolution for the coming year. Once you are ready, the challenge is let others know about your resolution so that they can support you in the pursuit of your goal.
This task is worth 25-points on your scorecards.
Thought Provoking Questions:
How many people did you tell about your resolution?
Did you choose people that will support you in this goal?
The Lesson:
Defining our goals and dreams is only the first step along the pathway to achieve them. Knowing what we want to accomplish can be tough, but once defined the hardest part is getting started. Depending on the size of your goal, the first few steps can seem quite lengthy and overwhelming. That is where this challenge leads to its greatest benefit; by telling others of your New Year’s resolution you are inviting them to assist you in this journey as you take the first few steps.
The more people you tell the more you are welcoming the encouragements they bring, but be sure to tell only those people that you feel will provide you the proper support. In the best cases, the people you tell may even be able to connect with someone that can directly help you accomplish your goal. Lastly, by making your New Year’s resolution known, you are solidifying them from a hopeful dream to a concrete goal for 2010.
“May your thoughts, resolution and actions unify and become one so that ‘unity’ becomes possible.” – Atharva Veda
December 16, 2009
The Challenge:
This challenge is related to the last one, something that can make finding time for your goals easier to manage is to start with just a small amount of time each day. It’s amazing what can be achieved in just 30-minutes a day when it’s spent focused on your goals and moving them forward. For this challenge, commit to a specific amount of time each day to be focused on your goals.
This task is worth 25-points on your scorecards.
Thought Provoking Questions:
How much time did you commit to? Were you able to stick to your time commitment?
If you still had distractions, what were they caused by?
The Lesson:
If you spend just 30-minutes each day focused on your goals, you will have spent the equivalent of 182-hours over the course of a year. What you will find is that by starting with a small amount of time each day, you will slowly begin to increase this time as the goal formulates itself in to reality. And as the goal begins to take shape, you will become more enthused and those distractions that caused you grief before will have a more difficult time pulling away your attention.
Persistence is also a key to this challenge. The person that commits to taking baby steps will eventually find themselves far from where they started. It doesn’t always feel like you are moving forward until you look back several months and realize just how far you’ve come. Don’t give up on this process, this is truly what separates the successful people in life. These struggles are what make the rewards so memorable.
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole stair case, just take the first step” – Martin Luther King Jr.
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