Empower Newsletter – March 2016
Welcome to the March 2016 edition of the Empower Newsletter. This month the focus is on reassessing what we are doing in our lives with a view to get us closer to what we ultimately want.
Do you know?
‘the importance of reassessing’
It was at the gym when my spin instructor Kylie asked the class what our personal goals for the class were this year! This prompted me to think about what I wanted to achieve from the class. Besides the usual reasons of maintaining my cardio and stamina, I asked myself “what can I strive for that will get me closer to my overall goal of getting healthier the older I get.” The answer I came up with isn’t important, what is important is that now I know what I am working toward I can put some conscious thought and effort into going after it. After all, how do we know we have arrived if we don’t know where we are going? Or how will we know when we get it if we don’t know what we want.
Reassessing is such an important part of getting you closer to what you ultimately want in your life. Because if we continue to do the same things we have always done we will continue to get the same results we have always got. It also breaks down our ultimate goal into smaller more manageable chunks for us to work on.
There are many different areas in our lives that we have wants and desires. You may not have consciously set them as goals but they are there none the less. For example you may be studying now so you can get a good paying job that will allow you to live a certain life style, socialise with friends, start a family and to ultimately make enough money to be financially independent when you retire. Or maybe you exercise and have a healthy diet with a view to look and feel good, and to live a long healthy life.
Reassessing creates more opportunities for us to change our lives in a positive way. If I didn’t reassess where I wanted to be in regards to my health I wouldn’t be working toward what I want, instead I would have been doing what I always did! There is nothing wrong with that but I am now moving closer to where I ultimately what to be with my health.
Have you become better at something that will allow you to move to the next level? Are you doing what you have always done without reassessing if you can now do more or less? It could be a task at work that you have become better at or you may be ready for the next level of an exercise. Maybe your situation, or your lifestyle goals have changed that will allow you to stop working long hours or enable you to change your career, move or even semi –retire. Just because that’s what you’ve always done, is it still working for you now and is it still giving you the best possible outcome for, not only your time, but also if it is getting you closer to what you ultimately want?
Definition
Reassess
a) To think again about something in order to decide if you should change the way you feel about it or deal with it.
b) Consider or assess again, in the light of new or different factors.
Something to Ponder
As you grow and change making changes to what you want to see yourself accomplish is very healthy. Here are seven reasons to reassess your goals.
1. You’ve already accomplished your old goals
2. You are stagnant
3. Your old goals aren’t ambitious enough
4. You’re not sure when you will accomplish previously set goals
5. You have situations that have changed
6. What you want has changed
7. You want to do better next year
Quotes of the Month
“Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.”
~ Julia Margaret Cameron ~
Affirmation Corner
‘I now reassess my goals and reaffirm my commitment to achieving.’
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March 3, 2016 10:00 am
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