why your new year’s resolutions fail

WHY YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FAIL

Create Your Career PathHallieCrawford.com, LLCwww.halliecrawford.comCopyright 2012

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W H Y Y O U R R E S O L U T I O N F A I L S

It’s interesting to me how so many people set New

Year’s resolutions but fail within a few weeks (if not

a few days).

Why is that?

I think that the problem is that most resolutions are

unrealistic or general (I will lose weight, I will eat

healthy, I will spend more time doing ____).

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W H A T ’ S Y O U R R E S O L U T I O N ? D O Y O U S E E T H I S P A T T E R N ? H E R E ’ S S O M E H E L P . . .

Your level of commitment is crucial!

If you are not ready to commit to change, whether

it is a career change, losing weight, learning how

to ride a horse, etc., it won’t happen.

You have to be committed to make it happen.

Before you set your goal, think about how

committed you are to it.



C O M M I T M E N T E X E R C I S E

I have my career coaching clients measure their commitment to career change on a

scale of 1-10.

If it’s not at a 10, I ask them to think about what would make it a 10.

How can they move it up the scale?

Career coaching example: Commitment is so important when someone comes to

career coaching. Even those who are completely confused and miserable at their

current jobs. IF they make a commitment to finding their dream job, they will succeed.

“Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” ~ Marilyn Greist



S M A R T G O A L S

Most of you have heard about SMART goals

by now (Specific, Measurable, Attainable,

Results-oriented {realistic/relevant}, Timely).

The problem is that most people know what

SMART goals are, but not that many are

successful at creating SMART goals for

themselves.



S M A R T G O A L S

Our coaching clients are more successful at

reaching their goals when they create weekly

and monthly checklists with SMALL action

steps.

SMART goals are very important. You also

need to take the small action steps along the

way to help keep those goals in check.



E X A M P L E

Many people say they want to lose weight in the New

Year. That’s great – but how can it be a SMART Goal

with small action steps.

My suggestion would be not to focus on the full year.

Start smaller. So for example you might want to say that by April 1st you will have

lost 10 pounds (specific – not just lose weight). It is a measureable, attainable,

realistic, timely goal.

Your baby steps in your checklist for week 1 might be to have a salad every day.

Week 2 might be to add 30 minutes of exercise 3 times a week, etc…



A B O U T C R E A T E Y O U R C A R E E R P A T H

Create Your Career Path was founded by certified career coach, speaker and author

Hallie Crawford. Crawford has served on the Board of the Georgia Coach Association,

and is regularly featured as a career expert on CNN, Fox Business News

Forbes.com, The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo HotJobs and Entrepreneur Magazine.

Create Your Career Path is a boutique career coaching firm known for their personal

attention, commitment to clients and a blend of dreaming and being practical in

achieving career goals. Collectively in the past 10 years, they’ve helped hundreds of

clients all over the world find and succeed in their dream job.

Each of their coaches are certified coaches with specific career coaching experience

and training. They cater to professional men and women, management level and

higher, in mid-career transition. Their success rate is 97%, measured by the number of

people who have gotten what they wanted out of coaching. The coaches use a

specific tried and tested process and tools developed by Hallie Crawford over the

years.


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