Personal Note:

A happy New Year to you from all of us here at Savvy Sponsoring. I hope you had terrific holidays and got to spend them exactly how you wanted to. Tom and I had a romantic Christmas. It was just the two of us and Tom cooked. Yes I’m spoiled!

But it is January now and we have moved back into our regular routine. I was delighted for our Bikram yoga coach because his business seemed to swell overnight. The room was full for our early morning class. Then I realized, of course, these are the New Year resolutions. I couldn’t help but wonder how many will still be in the room next month.

How about you? Are you still “in the room” next month? Check out our Featured Article for some ideas about how to make those resolutions compelling rather than something you have to “will power” yourself through. Cheers for a prosperous 2009.

Jillian

Jillian Middleton, Head Coach
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Featured Article:

Guilt or Joy - Your Choice

What is a New Year’s resolution? Dictionary.com defines “resolution” this way:

a resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something.
the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.
the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.

It sounds noble to be ‘resolved’ to get something done. It sounds very adult, grown up and mature. It also means I’m going to have to pull out my ‘will power.’ In other words, to carry out that which I resolve to do (e.g., New Year's resolutions) I am going to have to rely on my strength of will to make it happen.

I have a problem. It doesn’t sound like much fun. I don’t know about you but I don’t have much will power. Oh, I have internal strength. I know how to put my nose to the grindstone and get things done. But years ago I ‘resolved’ to live a life I enjoyed. Dragging myself around by my will power doesn’t fit that resolution.

If Not Will Power Then What?

If I want to enjoy what I’m doing then I need to FEEL compelled to do it. Here’s what Dictionary.com says about being compelled:

to have a powerful and irresistible effect, influence, etc.

Therefore:

• if I want to make Bikram yoga a part of my life;
• or I want to work diligently at my business in a professional money making manner;

I need to find a way to be compelled to do these things.

How do you find a way to want to get up at 5:30 am to walk into a 110 degree hot room to contort your body and love it?

Or, how do you find a way to want to pick up the phone and give the best business presentation you can give multiple times each day you work?

Here is what I think. Most resolutions don’t last because they are made out of guilt, discontent or fear. And although these are really powerful emotions, they have a tendency to paralyze us rather than actualize us.

Back To The Fun Bit

Take a few minutes and ask yourself what benefit your ‘resolution’ or goal will deliver to you. Careful here, you’re looking at benefits not features. Doing yoga might give me a stronger more supple body but so what. What benefit(s) does a stronger more supple body give me?

A growing financially sustainable business might give me financial independence (feature) but what benefits does it give me?

To be compelled to consistently build a business, you need to want to do it. In order to want to do it, it needs to resonate emotionally. Benefits resonate with us humans. Benefits feed our emotions. If emotions are involved we are pretty much compelled to be in the game. Make sense?

Big Dreams (resolutions/goals) Small Changes

When I started Bikram yoga I was really excited about the benefits. I knew my body would move more freely. It would ache less after being in the car. I would rest better at night and have more energy. I would enjoy being back in touch with my body.

I also knew if I decided to go everyday I’d never do it. I started out two or three times a week (and not at 5:30 am either). I let my practice evolve as the benefits to me increased.

Your business is exactly the same. Don’t try to be the perfect entrepreneur starting January 1st. Be sane.

Make a list of things you want from your business.
Prioritize them.
Take the first one and list all the benefits that are important to you.
Add small steps of change to your calendar. Need help with that calendar? See http://www.savvysponsoring.com/store
Each day look at that list of benefits.
Each week note any changes you see in your progress.

Don’t spend any time worrying about what isn’t getting done. Keep yourself emotionally engaged with your small steps and the changes will ultimately be huge. (You can take that to the bank!)

If you want to achieve your New Year’s Resolutions in 2009, make sure that everything you do fills your heart with joy because of the benefits it brings to you.

Enjoy your life and still get what you want! This is not a dress rehearsal.

Warmly,

Jillian

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As creator of the 'Savvy Sponsoring Strategies' coaching programs, Jillian trains network marketers and direct sales consultants the same strategies she used to build two 6-figure network marketing businesses in 5 years.

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