Make those New Year goals stick

02 February 2009 | 9:27 - By Shivani Gupta

Have you set yourself some goals for you and your business yet this year? Made some new year’s resolutions? If you haven’t, you should do it this month, but do it so they will last and make a difference to your business.

We often start off eagerly with these goals in mind wanting to do things differently this year. For most people, by the time they get to February, they start to waver in their resolutions. The motivation is starting to fade and old habits are creeping back in.

It takes us about 6 to 8 weeks to form a new habit or to let go of an old one. So don’t make the goals too hard or make too many. That way you can make a conscious effort to keep going and stay focussed for at least that period. Once the new habit is formed, it won’t feel like such hard work.

Here are some tips to keep you motivated in your business and personal goals:

1. Write your goals down
2. Make sure they are realistic to achieve in the time frame you have set them
3. Place your goals in a place you can see them – create visibility
4. Break down your bigger goals into small goals so they are easy to achieve
5. Celebrate the wins with a little reward when you reach a goal

Got a goal you’ve set this year or in previous years? Share it. Tell us how you made it stick.

Happy New Year!
Shivani

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About this Blog

Risking It All presenter and business expert Shivani Gupta has a passion to see people grow their businesses. Shivani brings her vast experience and practical business sense to help out the entrepreneurs in the television show and the SBS online audience in her business blog.

Shivani Gupta is a business dynamo with heart, vision, values and passion. She is a former corporate executive who “risked it all” herself to become an author as well as establish her own successful business coaching and speaking business, Passion@People. Shivani is well qualified for the role of helping our four start-up businesses, and your business too. Shivani has worked with a range of companies from sole traders to six of Australia’s top ten companies. She has won awards that include ‘Telstra Young Business Woman of the Year’. She was born in India and grew up in Australia. For more information about Shivani visit www.shivani.com.au

 
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