Monday, 16 March 2009

Make a change

Hi

What were you doing 77days ago?


I know, funny question, but there is a point, you see, today is day 76 of 2009 which means that 77 days ago you were celebrating New Year’s Eve and, like most people, you were setting up your New Year’s Resolutions and goals.


And look, here we are at day 76 already.


Time goes by pretty quick, huh?


But I’m not just mailing you to act as some kind of timekeeper or clockwatcher, rather I wanted to share with something that I’ve been thinking about a lot this week.


You see, it recently dawned on me that, we’re already approaching the end of the first quarter of 2009 and that many of the goals I’d set for myself this year haven’t even been started. In truth, many of them haven’t even been thought about.


It’s not like they’re not important to me. They are, many of them would REALLY change my life for the better if I could bring them to life but, well, I just haven’t seemed to get around to them.


I bet you’re the same right?


I bet you have a huge list of things that you KNOW would absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt change your life for the better, yet you haven’t taken a single, solitary action on them, right?


Weird isn’t it?


For instance in my own life I know that these goals are important to me:


1. To get my body fat to under 15%. This is important to me as it will keep me in tip top shape


2. To learn to do presentations/public speaking. This is impotrtant to me to create more clients for my my business


3. To do a new course every 3-4 months. This is important to to keep me updated with what is happening in the industry and keep my workouts fresh. I actually completed this on day 20. I have just completed an Extreme Kettlebell course


4. Prepare meals for the wk on a Sunday. This is important as its all set out and I know what i will be eating on any day and I dont have to worry about eating things I know I should not be eating.


5. Drink 2-3L of water a day. This is important as it will keep me hydrated.


Most likely you’ve got a bunch like this too haven’t you?


For example, what financial goals did you set for yourself on New Year’s Eve?


What about your health goals? I KNOW you had a bunch of those!


How about adventures? We all want to travel more and experience more and I bet you had set some goals in this department, right?


Not to mention relationships, education, family and career goals.


I bet you had a bunch, yet where are you with them?


That’s not a rhetorical question, I mean it. Where are you with these goals?


Did you achieve them as you said you would?


More to the point, did you even START them?


I know that I didn’t even BEGIN many of the goals I set at the start of the year. I know they’re important to me, I know they’ll change my life in more positive ways than I can even begin to tell you but for some strange reason, I haven’t even begun to chase them yet.


Like I said, weird.


So look, I’ve got this mad, crazy idea.


I want to help you achieve YOUR goals over the course of this year and I want you to keep ME on track. Sound like a fair deal?


It starts today.


Tell me what your most important, most pressing goals are and I’ll tell you mine and (hopefully) together we can see 2009 through in great style.


Of course, you could simply ignore this and pass it off as silly but, well, that’ll just mean that the next 76 days are just like the first, and the ones after that, and the ones after that.


I need help to bring my goals to life.


So do you.


So let’s do this!


Gavin De Souza


The MAGIC Hundred

P.S – I got my idea for this email from my friend Dax Moy, Author of The MAGIC Hundred. I’m glad he kicked me in the butt today : )

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You want some of my goals for 2009? Here you go:

1. Get my body fat down and learn to understand and control what makes it change (e.g identifying what stressful situations trigger it)

2. Try and think more positively. Me more confident in my abilities and redefine my focus to my career and gym training.

3. Get on some more training courses in fitness to keep that brain ticking over with something i am interested in.

4. Run a half marathon or at least a 10km race.

:-D

Cheval said...

Always a pleasure reading your blog Gavin!

Leaving a comment on this note is forcing me to think of my goals for 2009. We get so caught up surviving the "rat race" of life that the goals we set for ourselves are sent to the side lines when the pressure is on...

Here are some of my goals for 2009 (in no particular order) -

1. Education - complete the admission process for grad school, including the required course work.
2. Work/Finances - Move back to the U.S., find a job and start paying some bills.
3. Body - get lean (maybe a six pack) and continue to eat healthy. You have been great in getting me started on this and your articles continue to be an inspiration/motivation.
I'm working hard to keep the pace here in the U.S. now
4. Mind - Have a more positive outlook on life. It is not always easy to keep a positive outlook when you feel like you're between a rock and a hard place at times...but I'm trying. I'm doing yoga again..so hopefully this is a step in the right direction.
Soul - I want to start back volunteering..doing more for others. I'm going to put this into motion in the coming weeks.

Thanks again Gavin and the very best to you!