Warning: Today is National Quit Day
Jan 14, 2022 7:24 pm
Happy Friday,
Uh oh ... today is the day that most people have already given up on their 2022 goals.
How are you doing?
I want to see you succeed long into February and beyond. Set backs are a part of the journey. Do not be discouraged. Adversity is a necessary and beneficial part of goal achievement.
Two things to help with this below:
- A recent interview on the Sports Project Radio Show.
- A video highlighting your best response to mistakes.
... I encourage you to join us in Success Stories Membership for support and training.
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Best,
Dr E
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Help on National Quit Day!
WARNING: Today is National Quit Day ... how are you doing with your resolutions and goals?
On The Sports Project Radio Show, Steven Prawdzik and I talk about the right and wrong ways to set New Year’s Resolutions. Listen for strategies to achieve your goals in 2022.
Show highlights:
- Most people give up their goals by the second Friday in January.
- The loss of excitement and motivation is a major reason for this.
- The key to goal success is better management of negative emotions.
- Goals that are too big create overwhelm.
- Break them down into small daily tasks to make daily progress and feel successes.
- Dr. Eddie challenges Steve on his failure language!
- “Hopefully” and “try” are failure words to avoid
- They lack commitment to your desired result and allow excuses for why you didn’t do “X” to be valid because you met your goal of just trying.
- As Yoda said, “Do or do not. There is no try.”
- Focus on your goal hurts performance when you don’t define the process of how to get there.
- List the specific and measurable behaviors you need to do daily to achieve your goal.
- List the 1-2 biggest thoughts, feeling or behaviors that get in your way.
- Come up with a specific plan (that you know will work) to get past these obstacles … and focus your attention and effort here.
Achieving your goals is hard and research has proven over and over again that we all do better with a coach. I have a solution for you.
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Join now and catch my new “Goal Achieving” video, a 40-minute lesson with a worksheet that helps you through the goal-setting and achieving process!
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Mistakes are a Part of Success
Mistakes are required for goal achievement. And the way you are currently handling your mistakes is why you are not achieving your goals.
I recently posted inside Success Stores Membership the very best way to respond to mistakes for success. Has trying harder worked? How about being your own worst critic? … I didn’t think so.
In the video you will hear:
- why complaining slows your progress
- how your relationship with mistakes and negative feelings is critical to manage
- how mistakes inform your next steps for progress
- what to say to yourself after a mistake so you can move forward
🥇I can help you do all this and more inside Success Stories Membership at www.dreddieoconnor.com/membership
Join now for immediate access to the full “Goal Achieving” lesson!
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Dr. Eddie O’Connor
