Are You Resolute?
Do you realize that over 50 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions? Do you know that over 80 percent of them never succeed?
So why do most resolutions fail? They fail, because they are usually big overachieving goals like quitting smoking, exercising more, eating better, and so on. The people who succeed understand the difference between a resolution and a habit. If you want to quit smoking, cut out one cigarette in the morning. If you want to increase exercise, start by making a realistic plan one week at a time. If you want to eat healthier, start with one meal per day or one meal per week and add healthy meals in slowly. In order to be successful, you need to replace an old habit with a new habit.
Is that how you treat business? Each year, people spend the month of December planning out their next year. Their goals could be, I’m going to make $10,000 per month or I’m going to grow my business by 25 percent or I’m going to reduce my debt by 50 percent, etc. Have you taken a look at last year’s plan? If so, how did you do?
If you want to be successful at content marketing, wouldn’t it make sense to start by having a goal to achieve one step at a time? If so, how do you do that? It is easy! Make a goal, and then break it down into measurable success steps.
