Resolutions

What were your 2014 resolutions? First of all let's look at the meaning of resolute. Being firm,determined,focused. So we can say resolution is being determined to do or not do something. You definitely can't go back on your words if you make a resolution. Lets look at 2014...

Were you able to implement them?

Probably no,there is nothing wrong with that but there is everything wrong if you don't know why you couldn't and if you don't look back and take stock of why you couldn't implement them.

If you don't assess and still go ahead to make new resolutions,then I may be correct to call you “A successful failure” You succeed in making resolutions but you fail to implement them mostly because you don't even bother to know why you couldn't succeed with the previous year's.

It is almost a week to begin another year and I'm sure many of us  know our new year resolutions.

But before that kindly let's look back and evaluate the year 2014. To help us better do this, I have developed a tool using the same word RESOLUTIONS.

R- Resolution

What were your 2014 resolutions? Were they realistic? Were they achievable? Were they precise?

E- Ensure

Did you ensure it worked? How committed were you towards achieving your own goals?

S- Strategy

What were your strategies in 2014? Were they helpful? What did you do differently?

O- Opportunities

What opportunities did you miss? What opportunities did you create? Where were these opportunities? Did they come only once? Why did you miss that? And what preparations did you make to grab new ones if any?

L-Look Up

Did you fight the battle your self? Did you need divine intervention? How did you go about it?

U- Understand

Did you really understand what you were about? Did you understand the game? Did you understand how to play it? What went wrong? How were you able to overcome this?

T- Try Again

Did you fall alongside? What happened? Did you try again or you just fell asleep at where you fell? What can change?

I- Important information

How were you dealing with information especially with the important ones?

O- Other people

How did you treat the people around you? Did they matter to you? Or it was all about you?

N- NO-

How did you react to the number of Nos you received” No I cant help,No I'm sorry. What was your reaction when the doors were shut before you?

S- Step back and get answers to your question.

Ask all the the questions in the world...You can use the 5W,1H approach to help you. What did you want to achieve? What went wrong?

Why couldn't you make it?

Who was suppose to help? Who obstructed you? Could it be yourself?

When were you suppose to do what?

Where did you do it? Could it be that you need a change of environment?

How did you do it?

These answers will help you develop different strategies for 2015.