Start Your New Year's Revolution
SUMMARY
Are you tired of making the same old promises to yourself every single year only to fail before the end of January?
Hi, this is Grant Herbert, Emotional Intelligence Speaker and Trainer of the year and Master Coach Trainer. Today, I want to start our conversation afresh in 2022 by helping you start your new year's revolution.
Instead of new year's resolutions, which are all old and don't work, what I want to invite you to do is come with me, and I want you to start your revolution. A revolution is "a dramatic and wide-reaching change in conditions, attitudes, and operations."
There are five key elements to starting this revolution, and not only starting it but getting to the end with the results you want.
Number one is Pick A Theme.
Number two is to Send A Message.
Number three is to Enlist Your People.
Number four is to Create A Strategy.
Number five is Execute Consistently.
So, there you have it, five key elements for you to start and complete your new year's revolution. No longer are you concerned about a new year's resolution; you've now changed that S to a V, which stands for your Victory.
I'll see you then.
TRANSCRIPT
Are you tired of making the same old promises to yourself every single year only to fail before the end of January?
Well, stick with me in this episode because I will help you change the pattern by changing the word.
Hi, this is Grant Herbert, Emotional Intelligence Speaker and Trainer of the year and Master Coach Trainer. Today, I want to start our conversation afresh in 2022 by helping you start your new year's revolution.
Well, hang on a minute, Grant, didn't you get that wrong? Isn't that a typo?
Yes, you are reading that correctly.
You see, when most people make New Year's resolutions, they tend to let them go. So that's why instead of new year's resolutions, which are all old and don't work, what I want to invite you to do is come with me, and I want you to start your revolution.
A revolution, if you look in the dictionary, has several meanings. There's one definition that I love: "a dramatic and wide-reaching change in conditions, attitudes, and operations."
There are five key elements to starting this revolution, and not only starting it but getting to the end with the results you want.
Number one is Pick A Theme.
Every year, I like to have a big word; when I say that word, everything that I'm doing this year is moving towards that. I've had themes over the years like "Momentum," "Consolidation," and this year, my theme is "Celebration." Give some thought to the theme — what is the theme for you this year?
Number two is to Send A Message.
Just like when different revolutions around the world have occurred, the leader of the revolution sends out messages and lets people know what they're doing and why. In your life, let people know that this is the stand that you're taking this year. Social Media can be great to do this — put it out there and make yourself accountable.
Number three is to Enlist Your People.
It is always best to have the right people around you whenever you want to do anything, particularly a revolution. A journey you go on with others halves the burden. Enlisting people also helps you have people with whom you can be accountable and collaborate.
Number four is to Create A Strategy.
Create a strategy that purposefully tells you what you need to do and when, so that you can go from where you are now incrementally, to where it is that you want to be at the end of the year. I'm not talking about some huge plan that's 50 pages long — I'm talking about a plan that clearly shows you the big rocks that you need to focus on.
Number five is Execute Consistently.
Any strategy, any plan that you put together, is only of value if you do something with it. Every revolution starts with an initial action. It continues to move towards the result by consistently taking action, reflecting, refocusing, and making changes as you need to, and then moving forward again.
So, there you have it, five key elements for you to start and complete your new year's revolution. No longer are you concerned about a new year's resolution; you've now changed that S to a V, which stands for your Victory.
I'll see you then.
