Resolution Success

What about your resolution; are you resolving it?

I have a new challenge to help you suceed at your goal, but first here is an excerpt from an earlier blog where I listed a few inspirations to help with outlining steps to finding resolve.
Resolve - to deal with successfully or to clear up.

• Spend time understanding your current situation and identify what works and what doesn't so you know where change is needed.
  
• Spend time understanding your dreams and desires so you can identify where you are headed.
  
• Write down the big picture of what you what to change and what dreams you want to reach.
  
• Then identify and write the smaller attainable steps within each.
  
• Prioritize. What comes first, second, and so on?
  
• So you have identified and understood your goals, broken them down and ordered them into reasonable steps, and written them down for accountability, review, and progress measurement. Now for the final step....
  
• Resolve. Make choices everyday that lead you to making progress in your resolutions.
  Whether your resolutions are for the New Year or for a new life let 2013 be the year that marks your determination to find resolve in your resolutions.

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Now that you have some time behind you since you have made your resolutions, stop and take a look at where you are. Are you serious about making the changes you set out for? Have you fallen off track? Are you celebrating success?

As you continue your journey, whether you have fallen off track or celebrating success, evaluation is always wise. The clearer you are about the true state of your situation the greater chance you have to succeed. Walking without that truth and clarity is like walking in the dark. You have a far greater chance to stumble; however the truth and clarity are like a light they help you see where you are going and lessen your chance of falling. John 11:9-10 speaks to this very idea.

Here is a little exercise I learned in marketing that has been a great help for me in both self and plan evaluation. It is called a S.W.O.T. analysis. You identify the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats that will impact your plan. Why is this so important? Because it uncovers areas thay may cause you to stumble, and when they are uncovered you can create a plan to overcome them. It also helps you identify areas in which you are doing well and adds confidence to your ability to succeed.

Do the S.W.O.T. analysis for yourself and light up the path to success!

….. During the day people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of this world. But at night there is danger of stumbling because they have no light. John 11:9-10 NLT