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A Community Contribution from Mike Vardy<\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As the first quarter of 2010 passes us by, I’m going to ask it: How many of you have stuck to your “resolutions” that you made at the start of 2010?<\/p>\n

I’m betting that some of you – perhaps most of you – have faltered on them in some form or another.\u00a0 It’s to be expected.\u00a0 In fact, it can be preferred.<\/p>\n

I’ve heard David Allen say you need to make a bunch of resolutions – essentially goals – and the real challenge is making some <\/em>of them stick.\u00a0 When I first heard this, I couldn’t believe it.\u00a0 I mean – c’mon – surely we should have some focus on what we want to get out of ourselves and the year ahead.\u00a0 Why not hone in on a few resolutions from the onset?<\/p>\n

Then I realized that extreme focus on a few items might just lead to failure – and a more recognizable or definitive failure to boot.\u00a0 When you only pick one or two things to work on (or give up) you’re only giving yourself one or two chances to succeed.\u00a0 However, when you give yourself a large number of goals to strive for, you’re providing yourself with more opportunities for success.\u00a0 We all know that one success generally makes up for several failures – so why not gear yourself up for potential successes rather than set yourself up for failures that stand out?<\/p>\n

We go into a new year with more disillusionment than resolve in most cases because we’re trying to do too much in a short period of time.\u00a0 Sure, you think it’s going to be a year-long journey, but in the grand scheme of things one year is a short period of time when you’re talking about goals and habits.\u00a0 If you did a retrospective at the end of last year, you’re already ahead of the game.\u00a0 Just keep focused on the end result – and there’s a lot of aspects of your life that you’ll want to alter to hit that mark.\u00a0 So go for the changes you know you’ll need to make to do just that.\u00a0 There’s a good chance you’ll miss more than you’ll hit, but those who are the best at what they do have found success despite failing time and time again.<\/p>\n

Swing for the fences; you’ll hit at least one home run if you give yourself enough chances at the plate.*<\/p>\n

*I had written five other sports metaphors before getting it right with this one.\u00a0 I rest my case.<\/p>\n

Mike Vardy is an accomplished, self-professed productivity and procrastination expert, as well as regular contributor to GTD Times. With his humor and wisdom, we hope you enjoy his perspective<\/a> on doing things\u2026eventually. Read more from Mike.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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