Do this before the end of the year if you want MORE!

What do you want more of? As we start to contemplate the coming year, set goals and make New Years Resolutions, you've probably thought about more of something. If you want greater success at achieving that this year, try doing  the following before the end of the year to get MORE!

What do you want MORE of?

• Happiness
• Time
• Joy
• Peace
• Money
• Confidence
• Productivity
• Willpower to eat healthily or head to the gym?

Why do you want more?
Perhaps a better question is WHY? Why do you want more of that? Why does that matter that you have more of that?

More Health? WHY?
If you want to be healthier in 2019, consider for a minute why you want to be healthier.

• Is it because you want to live longer?
• Maybe you want to be able to get on the floor and play with your children or grandchildren.
• It could be that you are tired of huffing and puffing when you bring the groceries in.

It may be all of those, but what is truly the driving force behind why you want to be healthier? Knowing why you want something will give you the motivation to make that goal stick.

Your why is connected to your values
The reason behind why you want to achieve something is that it's important to you. You value it. You may value your health, your relationship with your kids or your grandchildren or you may value self-compassion and are finding you haven't been too kind to your physical well-being lately.

Regardless of what you will set for New Years Resolutions or goals, knowing WHY those are important to you will help you be much more successful.

Let me show you how it works:
Here are some goals I've had over the last few years.

• To read 50 books
• To publish my first book
• To grow myself spiritually
• To strengthen my marriage
• To complete 400 hours of coaching
• To develop a stronger yoga practice
• To develop my capacity for compassion
• To spend 1-1 time with my adult children
• To increase the number of people who are receiving my weekly newsletter

My top value is Excellence. I used to think that meant good grades and being the best, smartest or quickest. Exploring my values has helped me to understand how the value of excellence shows up in my life and how it can help me to achieve my goals. Here is how I define my value of excellence:

• Excellence is living into my full potential each and every day and aiming to reach my potential in life.
• I strive to excellence as a person, wife, mother, grandmother, community member, coach, teacher and writer. As such I challenge myself, persist through those challenges by excelling in:
• My physical, emotional and spiritual health and wellbeing
• My relationships
• My service in my work and in my community

Look at my list above of some of the goals I have set over the years. The majority of them come back to living to my full potential, being my personal best and demonstrating excellence in all that I do, in my personal life and in my service to you and in my community.

When I have done the work to get clear on my core values, I can then be better able to set goals for 2019 that will stick.

What does this mean for you?
Here's what you need to do:

1. Identify your top values.
2. Then define what those values really mean to you.
3. Get clear on how they show up in your life and how you can be sure you are living your life aligned with those core values.

If you take time to do this before the end of the year, you can be sure to set goals and resolutions that are not only meaningful but that you will find greater success in achieving!

If you need help with identifying, defining and clarifying your values, grab the Values Verification course today. Schedule in a couple of hours to work on it in the next few days. Then, use your new understanding of your values to set goals for 2019!

Whether you do this on your own, or with the help of the Values Verification course, I'd love to hear how you are using your values to set goals for 2019! Shoot me an email and tell me what you've learned about how to make 2019 goals that stick!

I know I'll be looking at where I can excel next...I suspect that will be in The Training Library as I strive to give you my best, so you can be your best in both leadership and in life!

This course helps you verify your values
If you want help doing the work of defining your values, click here to find a Values Verification course which is part of my membership site, The Training Library. When you join The Training Library, you will get the leadership training you need when you need it.