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How are you doing with your resolutions? Its 12 days already now. We spend the first few days of the year wishing each other a happy new year and then we are constantly reminded by the media that January is the most depressing month of the year.

One of my Christmas presents was a DVD of a Television series called ‘an idiot abroad’. The idiot, (Karl Pilkington) was talking about happiness in the first programme. He said that you can get too much happiness and that “happiness is like a piece of cake, too much of it and you get sick of it”

Have you had too much cake, too much food, too much alcohol and too much of your relatives over the festive period and are now experiencing the start of a long hangover called January. That could also depend on your outlook on life and whether you are a pessimist or an optimist. As an optimist you might look ahead and see the new-year as a new start, a time for change and new opportunities. On the other hand if you are a pessimist you might be full of doom and gloom about the economy and your outstanding credit card bills. Do you see that pint glass as half empty or half full?

One of my goals in 2012 is to convert more pessimists into optimists. What are your goals for 2012?

GOALS OR RESOLUTIONS?

Traditionally, this is the time of year when you make a resolution to do something or more usually not do something; like giving up smoking or alcohol or starting a diet. Resolutions usually have a negative connotation and consist of some form of deprivation. As a result they rarely last for more than a few weeks. If you want to have more long-term success in making changes you need to set goals instead of resolutions and measure your achievements. This is what high achieving sports professionals do. Not only do they have goals and monitor/measure their performance they also usually have a coach to help keep them motivated and to give them support and encouragement and to make them accountable.

Coaching strategies and techniques are not just restricted to sport and business they can also be applied to all aspects of life. That’s all very well if you can afford a coach; but what if you are unemployed or on a very low income, paying for a coach/mentor may be out of the question at a time when you need the help most. If you fit into this category you might be interested in my low cost- high value coaching programme for 2012; to help motivate, support and guide you to setting and achieving your goals.

The rate I am charging is so low that I can only offer it to the first 10 people who approach me and who qualify for it. Many people are suffering financial hardship at the present time as a result of unemployment and businesses folding etc so this programme has been developed with this in mind. The cost will only be £50 per month for 12 months. I would usually be charging in the region of £250 per month. So if you know of anyone who is struggling financially at the moment and would like the opportunity to work with me as their coach and mentor for the next 12 months please ask them to get in touch.

This is Olympic year remember; you can’t win the gold medal if you don’t enter the race!