And, usually, by the end of January, all those good intentions have gone by the wayside. I gave up making resolutions long ago (although I occasionally make them for the Hubster—less chance of me breaking them that way). What I've learned, is that if you want to see success, you have to narrow your focus.
These don't work: I resolve to be a best-selling author. I resolve to make $100,000 selling my e-books.
Or what about some less lofty ones? I resolve to have 5000 friends on Facebook. I resolve to have 350 followers to my blog. I resolve to have 500 people 'like' this blog. I resolve to be part of the blogroll of 100 other bloggers. I resolve to increase the number of hits on my website by 10% a month.
Dreams are wonderful. But that's what most resolutions are. Dreams. Dreams are things you'd love to have, but they're also things over which you have no control.
The first group is made up of dreams – there's nothing much I can do about them because they depend on other people.
The second group is more goal-oriented. There are things I CAN do to help me achieve them—if they were actually my goals.
