Vered’s Blog

Here it is again, this time of the year where our hopes are up again and we decide this year is going to be the year that I keep my promises to myself. It’s the time of year where we set our goals and make all the promises that this time it will work.

The truth is that those resolutions that we take on the 31^st of December most of them we forget around the 1^st of February. However, I’ve found my way how to make it stick much longer. You need to work on it on a daily basis. It’s not about setting your goals once a year. It’s about making them into a habit.

So this year not only I have set my goals, I’ve also set for myself a few habits that I am committed to doing that will help me and support me on my way to achieve my goals.

So first here are my goals for 2008:

1. I create a network of 3,000 professional women that I’m in contact with
2. I write the Feminine Leadership book
3. We’re invested in vacation real-estates in the most beautiful locations in the world.
4. I am healthy and fit. My weight is 73 kilo
5. We have 3 family vacations of 7-10 days a year.
6. I take singing lessons and dancing lessons once a week
7. I interview 45 famous women for my book.

And here are my new habits that will support me in achieving those goals:

1. I write my daily 3 morning pages
2. I meditate every day for an hour
3. I eat healthy food and I drink 3-4 liters of water a day
4. I read 60 non-fiction books a year (personal growth, motivation, autobiography and biography, business books etc.) and I write a synopsis and main points of ideas from that book to be shared with others. They say the best way to learn something is to… teach it
5. I have once a month a day of relaxation with Nisandeh
6. We have once a month a weekend for just the family doing special stuff
7. I keep track of our money management system on a monthly basis.

I know that if I keep to this schedule I’ll be way ahead of myself in reaching my goals. It’s all about persistence. They say that genious is 2% intelligent and 98% persistence. So I’ll go for persistence.

What are you going for?

Have a great 2008! Make sure to make it the BEST year of your life.