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December 29th, 2009 | 
Author: New Year, time to think, time to check out if our goals were accomplished. But it is important, be prepared for the new year… So, I would like to share some ideas to be ready.
1. Set smaller goals with smaller steps
Gradual small steps motivate people toward larger change.
If you want to lose weight, for example, change small aspects of your eating pattern. Resolve to have a salad tomorrow for lunch, and then do that for a week.
Write down the steps you want to take in a datebook to make it concrete, and reward yourself for making the individual changes, she said.
Let’s say you want to work on being more optimistic this year. Nolen-Hoeksema recommends imagining what you would be like if you were optimistic. Imagine yourself going through a day at work if you were optimistic and confident, then write that down in great detail.
Now, you have specific aspects of that ideal of optimism to work toward. Pick one thing that the optimistic you is doing that you’re not, and start working in that direction, she said.
2. Frame your goals positively
Despite the proven health risks of certain habits, such as smoking, thinking about a habit in the negative will not help you nix it. Studies have shown that it’s hard to get motivated about avoiding cancer, but easier to think about smelling better and saving money as reasons to quit smoking.
So, if you want to quit doing something, think about the positive aspects of not doing it. And make sure you reward yourself for sticking to the plan along the way.
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My best wishes for this Christmas. Remember that it is a moment to leave the conflicts aside and look forward.
I wait, to continue next year contributing new things, so that we all could improve our knowleage and performance.
Kind Regards.
Alberto
When you are facing challenge of self-education, it may be hard to find time to read books or attend to seminars. But don’t give up.
Instead, think of how much time you spend commuting or driving. When you are driving, do you listen to music or the radio? Do you have an ipod you could use during your commute?
If you manage to listen to anything, you could as well, and as easily, listen to personal growth audiobooks, including time management lessons or other inspiring self improvement tapes or CDs. Just keep them on. Not only will you learn, but you will also feel energized after being in a company of those inspiring speakers.
For instance time management advice is not to difficult to comprehend. It typically does not require intense thinking or research to understand. What is much more important is how much those time management principles and techniques become a part of you, how deeply they penetrate into your mind. This is why learning in small bits over an extended period of time, with each of those bits repeated a few times, will beat the effect of any intense time management seminar.
Listening to educational audiobooks in your car seems to be a small change in your habits. Yet, those ten minute pieces will add up fast. Over a few months you will have a dozen of books deeply imprinted in your mind. The words of wisdom from the time management speaker will become a part of your inner voice. If you keep doing this over those months, even without any books or time management seminars, you will be much more ahead in your time management than 90 to 95 percent of people around you.
For optimal learning, it is generally recommended, and my personal experience support that, that you come back to the same audiobook for at least 5 times.
Daniel Goleman has identified the five components of this topic. This is very interesting and I believe this is really important in order to improve our performance as managers.
1.- Knowledge about yourself.
This is the capacity of identify and understand our own emotions: which are our weak or strong points, our needs, motivations, values and objectives. This characteristic is evident in trust of yourself, and your capacity of self-criticism.
Do you think that the people who works with you are afraid about make a mistake? If they commit an error, do you give them his support?
It is important… The people who works with us have confidence. Make a mistake isn’t going to make to lose his employment.
Do you agree if this happens, we will have slightly productive persons working with us?
What do you think on this matter?