Over 5 years ago I created a vision to spend more time in California and build out business out there that would keep me going out. This is the second year my husband and I will be renting a place in Santa Monica for the month of February. In looking forward, I have a vision for 10 years from now to spend more time on the beach in the cold months, maybe the Bahamas, Costa Rica, any one of the tropical places I have visited and left a piece of my heart in. 

Over 5 years ago I created a vision to spend more time in California and build out business out there that would keep me going out. This is the second year my husband and I will be renting a place in Santa Monica for the month of February. In looking forward, I have a vision for 10 years from now to spend more time on the beach in the cold months, maybe the Bahamas, Costa Rica, any one of the tropical places I have visited and left a piece of my heart in. 

I’m in the mindset that this isn’t just a vision, it’s a goal, and it’s an achievable one. I’m setting positive actions in motion to make this a reality (like discussing membership options at the resort we stayed in) and releasing the negative doubt and fear around it. If I go into this vision with negativity, it won’t work. 

Mindset is everything.

Think about the people in your life that you admire, both personally and professionally. Question if they are negative in their mindset or positive, embracing and sharing joy and love, thinking and giving support and help to others. They believe in themselves, they compromise when they need to and they make situations work, with a win-win approach. Yes, they ooze positive vibes. 

You have a goal right now that you want to achieve in 2019. It might be growing and expanding your organization, improving the culture of your workplace or bridging the generation gap between your employees. Here are 5 ways to get into a positive mindset after you’ve identified the goal:

1. Envision it already happening. If you’ve read “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill or even “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne, you understand the law of attraction. I believe in this wholeheartedly. Actually sit down, close your eyes and see the goal as a reality. Do this often. I look at it as a non-negotiable truth.

• Find three people to help you. Goals are best achieved when you have support, look at a football game for instance. Identify your team, start with three people to support you in achieving your goal. Do not wait, this is a now activity.  

• Outline expected challenges and possible solutions. I think of this as troubleshooting in the early steps. Instead of waiting for an obstacle to come up, write down what might occur and how to fix it. You already know the obstacles in your way. Instead of focusing on those, focus on leaping over those. My father taught me this early on in business. He used an example to take a good chunk of cheese and poke holes with all the obstacles that can get in your way. At the end of the activity if you have a piece of swiss cheese and it is edible, you will have success.   

• Read, listen and learn. There are experts with proven results out there. Take the course, listen to the podcast, read the book. Don’t recreate the wheel when the research has been done for you. If others have made it happen, find out how they did it and why it worked. Of course, I am a fan of podcasts and I have added audiobooks to listen to while I travel and walk the city.

• Celebrate the little moments. The end goal is fantastic, but there will be many small ones in between. Celebrate each one by doing something special. 

These 5 tips help keep the goal in momentum, keep you supported and keep you excited. 

I’ve read that 80% of people fail at the resolutions they make at New Years by mid-February. Why??

A variety of reasons I’m sure, but since health and fitness are usually at the forefront, it’s because people go in with a negative mindset. Exercising and eating right is TOUGH, but if you look at it as a daunting chore, you’ll never succeed. Same with your goals. 

Look at your goals with rose-colored glasses. Keep your actions positive and when you do have a moment of stress, walk away and get back into a joyful mindset before picking back up with the process.