{"id":1601,"date":"2013-03-24T20:17:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T00:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2013-03-24T20:30:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T00:30:18","slug":"goal-or-habit-you-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/2013\/03\/24\/goal-or-habit-you-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"Habit or Goal – Resolutions work best with Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being three months into the new year with our resolutions, let’s talk about those goals you may have set.\u00a0 Most goals are a fixed point desire like, lose 30 pounds; learn to speak French; achieve 10% profit; reduce expenses by 5%.\u00a0 Business and Personal goals all need to be S<\/strong>pecific, M<\/strong><\/strong>easurable, A<\/strong>ttainable,\u00a0 R<\/strong>ealistic and T<\/strong>ime-sensitive.\u00a0 So, why is it that we often don’t achieve by December what we set out to in January? \u00a0After years of personal experience, watching other people, having some success and some dismal failures, I’ve come to believe that the underlying foundation is creating habits.<\/p>\n

How do you create habits that help you reach your goals?<\/p>\n

Simply put, the goal is what we want to achieve by a specific time while the habit is the skills and techniques that will keep us on the path to achieving the goal.<\/p>\n

Habit<\/strong>:\u00a0 noun<\/em>. an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary; a dominant or regular disposition or tendency; prevailing character or quality; addiction.<\/p>\n

Goal<\/strong>: noun<\/em>.\u00a0 the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Breaking our goals down to “what habits do I need to develop to make this goal reality” would likely help us reach our new year’s resolutions handily.<\/p>\n