I don’t know if you realise it, but statistics show of all the people who make New Year’s resolutions,  95% of them  will give up by 15th January.

Why is that?

Well, apparently it’s because they don’t have a compelling vision or reason to achieve their goal.

Without a big WHY, it’s far too easy to forget to review your resolutions and just give up, especially if your goal is far removed from your current situation.

I didn’t make any New Year Resolutions this year.  I just resolved to keep plodding away at my old ones.

Hopefully, next week I’ll have a bit of an inspiration injection as I’m off to meet Alex Jeffreys in Las Vegas.

It seems daft really as he lives in Wales,  so it would be much easier to meet him in UK, but it will be a well deserved holiday.

I confess I’m feeling anxious, but not because I’m meeting Alex Jeffreys. As much as I like him and admire his achievements, I’ve never really understood the need for people to hero worship anyone else.

Yes, you should be encouraged and inspired, even aspire to be like them or have what they have, but at the end of the day we’re all human. 

Money and success doesn’t make anyone necessarily better than anyone else.

Anyway, back to why I’m feeling anxious.

This trip will be the first one I’ve taken  without my youngest son since he was born.  He’ll be twenty-one this year and has autism.

I know he’ll be in safe hands but still I’ll worry.

That’s what mothers  do.

They also do whatever they can to help and protect their children.  I’m here on the Internet in the hope of being able to assist him in whatever way I can when he leaves college in 2011.

He’s my big WHY, and even though I’ve often struggled, is the reason I haven’t thrown in the towel.

If you feel overwhelmed, especially over a period of time, you have the perfect excuse to give  in and it’s so easy to just claim it was too hard,too expensive, caused too much stress, etc.

Have you been there?

Unfortunately, far too many people give up just when they’re about to succeed.

Whenever you want to achieve something you need to have realistic goals, especially as far as time is concerned.

Most  people are just too impatient.

We live in a world where we expect instant gratification, but you can’t expect to undo years of bad habits overnight, or learn how to create and  run a new business within a week.

It doesn’t  work that way.

You have to break things down into bite-size pieces so you’ll be able to achieve small victories.

You must  have a plan, give yourself time, energy, patience, and be prepared to take consistent and specific  actions.

Whatever goals you have you need to take note of the poem Don’t Quit

It’s inspiring.

Take care

Jean Shaw