Many people use New Years as a time to set new goals, start new projects or revitalize old ones.  Losing weight, making more money, finding a new relationship, or a new job are always at the top of most lists.

Fact is – most people already know what they need to do, what they want or need to change in their life.  Its usually painfully obvious.

What they don’t know is how to get it done.  The hard part is knowing where and how to get started.   Here are my 3 Power Steps to changing anything – including what you don’t like about your life.

1.  Focus on where you want to go – not where you’re at.  Most people have their thinking stuck in the here and now.  Day dreaming and wishful thinking about moving on to a better situation in life just isn’t enough to get the process going!

You may not realize that your mind is a task oriented tool and right now you’ve got its focus dead set on keeping you right where you are.  If you want to change then you’ve got to give your mind new operating instructions.

The key to giving your mind new instructions is to write them down.  Make a list.  Create a work order. Design your life as you want it to be!  Write it down on paper.  The acting of writing is the key power step that refocuses the mind on the new task – on the future – and erases its focus on the past or the present.  Design what you want – not what you got!  Here’s how.

2.  Ask Empowering Questions.  Who, what, where, when, how.  Anything that changes your life probably involves information you don’t currently know.   Face it, if you already had the answers to these questions – you’d probably already have what you want.

You have to ask questions – Who can help me get what I want? How can I learn what I need to know.   A key point here – Be sure to ask people who know.  Go straight to the experts – and be sure to skip friends and relatives unless they happen to have the expertise you seek.  Remember step 1 – write down the questions and the answers.

3.  Change your life one day at a time!  That’s how life works – so use it to your advantage by breaking your goal or life changing project into mini projects.  Bricklayers build towering walls one brick at a time starting with the foundation and that’s how to approach your project.

Your action step each day is to set aside time to first review your overall plan and then work on the appropriate mini project.  Don’t let a day go by without reviewing and working on your project.

If you hit a roadblock – that’s the time to drop back to steps 1 and 2.  Write down the situation and possible solutions.  Then start asking some more questions.  Don’t stop asking until you get the answers you need to move on.  Ask until your receive!

That’s It! 

So – Let’s Get Some Action Here.

What do you want to…  Have? Be? Do? Experience? ……

• Write it down.
• Write down what to do first, who’s going to help, where do you go to get the info, how you going to do it, what’s the next thing to do, what’s the next, and the next, when ……
• That’s it! Now just follow your power list – one day at a time.

Best Wishes for Your New Life and Goals Achieved!