So How are Those Resolutions Going?

Jan 14

On the Wagon? Photo by Craig

So, we’re about halfway through January, and even though I suggested that resolutions are a waste of time, I bet some of you made them anyway.  How’s it going?

For those of you who are on track, congratulations!

For those of you who’ve already broken down, how about trying something different this year.

My fabulous mentor coach, Ken Abrams, reminded me to set a different set of goals this year.  Instead of setting “Do” goals (e.g. I am going to grow Vivid Epiphany into $1M in revenue), I was to set “Be” goals.

Not to knock the usual SMART goal setting model.  It has it’s place.  Thing is, most of us are so focused on what we want and how to get it that we forget about who we are.  The What-How-What-How-What-How cycle is exhausting.  And, does it sound a little hamster-on-a-wheel-ish? 

Going from the premise that when I get right, the world gets right, I set some be goals.  The one goal that Ken had for me, which I rephrassed in a way that I could better understand, adopted and which I’d now like you to consider adopting is this:

“I am utilized in this world for what I was made to be.”   Ken’s version is “I’m used for what I’m built for.”  Pick the one you like best.

What this means is that there are all sorts of things that I was made to do, and all sorts of things that I wasn’t.  For instance:

• I am made to be of service to others
• I am made to be a leader in this world
• I am made to have fun

Conversely, I am not made to put up with people’s crap.  Capiche?

Now, some might say, how is this useful?  It’s useful because it puts the idea into your unconscious about what will make you happy.  And, you can look at what you’re doing and feeling to see whether it aligns with what you were made for which gives you the conscious choice and the unconscious tool to keep on keepin’ on or change course.

So, who are you meant to be?

Whatever it is…

Be Your Best You Today,

Carolann Jacobs

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