Empower Newsletter – January 2015
Happy New Year and welcome to 2015. Since it is traditionally a time for many to create a New Year’s resolution this edition of the Empower Newsletter is devoted to helping you realise any you may have set for yourself this year.
Do you know?
‘why you are setting your resolution’
Setting a New Year’s resolution or two is such a fun thing to do! But did you know that many do not achieve what they set out to do.
To help make yours a reality this year, the biggest tip I can give you is to know exactly ‘why’ you have set your resolution and also to keep this reason a constant. This will continue to motivate you to achieve it.
One of the biggest New Year’s resolutions people make is to lose weight. So if this is yours, an example of knowing your ‘why’ may be that you want to feel better about yourself.
The next step is to ask yourself these four questions which will help to create a stronger ‘why’.
1. What will happen if you get it?
2. What will happen if you don’t get it?
3. What won’t happen if you get it?
4. What won’t happen if you don’t get it?
So if I set weight loss as a resolution for myself, my ‘why’ if I did get it may include things like feeling really good about myself, being more comfortable in social situations, wearing what I want, being able to participate more because I will be fitter and being in a better mood more often.
My answer to the next question of what won’t happen if I get it may be that nothing will change, that I won’t get to feel good about myself or even sexy, I won’t be going out much and when I do I won’t feel comfortable and I won’t feel healthy.
Question three is often great motivation in accomplishing goals as ‘more people do more to avoid pain than they will do to feel pleasure’. So moving away from what you don’t want may be what motivates you more.
You will probably have to ask yourself the last question a few times before it makes sense as it is not a question we commonly ask. If I don’t realise my resolution I wouldn’t get to feel really good about myself, I won’t be healthy, I won’t be living my life to the fullest and I won’t be happy as often.
Once you have answered these four questions the next step is to work out ‘how you are going to get it’. Set out small steps like researching an eating plan, contacting a specialist, creating a shopping list, start an exercise regime.
Then start. Here’s to you!
Definition
New Year’s Resolution
A promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop doing something bad on the first day of the year.
Something to Ponder
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.” — Neil Gaiman
Muhammad Ali hated every minute of training, but he said to himself “don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of my life a champion.”
Quote of the Month
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.”
~ Hannah More ~
Affirmation Corner
‘I am brilliant and beautiful and a best friend to everyone who knows me. I am peaceful and happy and more successful than ever before. I am relaxed and confident and trading in my old fears on new hopes.
2015 is going to be a wonderful year for me; a year of breakthrough, options, and opportunities for new paths to follow. I am excited and ready for the challenges and the triumphs that lie ahead.’
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January 1, 2015 8:18 pm
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