Yes, I agree that it’s just like multitasking, and what’s sad is that it’s likely to destroy all of the great ambition behind taking on so many challenges at once.

Happy new year to you too and thank you for linking to my article!

I completely agree about desire and intended this to be the focus of the article. It goes without saying that everyone wants to be happy, healthy, and fit, but how many people really want it?

I think you have made a great point when you said to ‘commit to only one change at a time’, if we try and make 10 changes at once it’s like multitasking, it just doesn’t work. If we focus all our efforts on one change at a time we can do it quicker and with more focus.

Hope to speak to you more in 2010.

Like the article. Good tips. I have included your article as a reference in my blog post. Hope it’s ok with you. Happy New Year to you and your readers.

Cheers,
Vanilla, Singapore

“it’s absolutely necessary to have an intense desire for the outcome that the change will bring.”

This was a great article overall on goals, but I think the sentence above is key. Without that desire nothing else really matters.

I actually don’t make New Year’s resolutions either. Fortunately, I have plenty of determination to start making changes in my life as soon as I perceive the need for them.

I think most people who make resolutions do so because they’ve lacked the necessary determination in the past and are trying to give themselves an extra push through a more formalized commitment. These are the people who I figured this article would be helpful for and I also figured it would go well with the rest of the site since healthy lifestyle habits can be some of the most challenging habits to implement which can be overwhelming for many people.

You have a great New Year too!

Thanks for your kind feedback and I hope that you have a great new year as well.