EP 17: Goals, Intentions and New Year Resolutions

What is the best way to achieve your dreams in 2024? Is it through intention setting? Goals? New Year Resolutions? Or maybe even the Law of Attraction. In this episode, I explain the difference between these four modalities and the pluses and minuses of them all. For me, Goals tend to be purely action driven and are often rooted into what our minds believe we should be doing. They lack the energy of co-creation and can be a big rigid. They can also compound our feelings of failure if we are perfectionists. There is definitely an art in setting goals and if you feel a little bit hesitant to set goals because they scare you or you have failed at reaching your goals before, it is well worth the money to invest in a planning coach who can help you set realistic but also goals that are going to help achieve those big dreams or targets for 2024. Intentions are usually "softer" and leave more room for inspiration or creativity. They allow more for life or the Big U to come in a co-create with us, but there is a danger that they are going to be too vague. There is also a risk in the spiritual communities that we are going to hand over all our decision making process to God, the Big U, the Universe or our higher self or our spirit guides, and in my opinion that is a real danger. That is what makes spiritual people give up at the smallest obstacle with the expression "It wasn't meant to be". The reality is that once you set your intention, you are going to face some obstacles because it is the way the Universe is going to test how motivated you are to reach that particular outcome. New Year Resolution are problematic in a different way. They often lack vision or planning which is why they often only last a few weeks. And I feel for people who go through this cycle because it compounds the feelings of failure, which makes it just that much harder the second or third time around. Knowing this, choose what feels right for you. We have sensitivities and proclivities towards certain words and expression, but then make sure two things are in place: a vision and a plan. And remember that tiny steps are much more effective than giant leaps, when it comes to creating new habits or reaching goals. Without goals/intentions/new year resolutions, we will constantly allow the urgent to trump the important, nothing of significance is achieved. Before you go, I want to mention that I have taught for many years a planning process that combined the intellect (goals) with intuition (inspiration) which most of the participants have said was a breath of fresh air in the entrepreneurial world. If this appeals to you, there are two ways I could help: through my planning in the akashic records kit for £59 (price valid as of January 2024) or through my two week Get it Done package for £600 (price valid as of January 2024). If you want to discuss these two options to find out which one is most suited to you, why not book a discovery call with me with this link.