Want To Get Results?

We're now into 2010 and, if you are like most people, you will have decided on some New Year Resolutions. If this is the case, there is also a great chance you have already broken them or failed to continue with them.

One of the reasons this occurs is people fail to take the necessary action.

When it comes to creating action to perform a task, there are two types of thinkers: the "Gunna's" and the "Doer's".

Let us start with the "Gunna's". These are the people who are "going to" do something. They always put things off until tomorrow.

They are often heard to say "I'm gunna ... (lose some weight, get fit, get this job completed)". The word "Gunna" can also be replaced with words like:

I would like to ... (get this job completed).
I want to ... (get this job completed).
I need to ... (get this job completed).
I must ... (get this job completed).

Two important points:
(i) The greater the need to do something, the more likely you are to do it. If you hear yourself saying "I would like to ..." or "I want to ...", there is a great chance you won't do it.

The statement "I must get this job completed" has more urgency than "I want to get this job completed". The more urgency, the more chance you have of doing it.

(ii) Action speaks louder than words. While you may say you want to do something, the proof is in you doing it. Saying you want to or you must do something is not going to get it done. They are only words and are planned for the future.

Your actions show how keen you are.

Have you ever heard a person say they must do a task yet they never get around to it? What they are really saying is ... the task is not important.

Now, take this a step further and ...

Become a "Do'er"

Begin doing the things that need to be done, NOW.

To quote a saying:

There are those who make things happen.
There are those who watch things happen.
There are those who hope things happen.
There are those who wait for things to happen.
And then there are those who wonder what happened.

Which one are you - especially when it comes to your health, relationships, self and work?

Most people fall into the "hope" it happens category. When it doesn't, they "wonder" why!

Only one achieves a result - the maker. This person is in control and determines the outcome.

Your thinking determines whether you choose to do something or not. When the needs and/or the benefits are great enough, you will create the action and do it.

A great example is someone who is feeling sick and needs to go to the doctor. They don't go until they are on ‘death's door' and there is a big need to get the problem fixed.

Set your goals for 2010 and make things happen. Make them important and achievable.

Good luck.