Wednesday, January 6, 2010

New Year Resolutions??

What is your new year resolution (NYR)?

I don't have any...well...that is not exactly true. I just don't want to make them an official new years resolution because I never seem to follow through. Does that sound familiar or am I all alone in my failed attempt to keep new years resolutions?

Do you have any strategies that keep you on the road to success? Here is a strategy to create a measurable goal (NYR) that we used at the last school where I taught.

PDCA

Plan: I will ______ because ________. (Fill in the blank with your NYR and the reason.)

Do: How will I meet my goal? (Answer this question very specifically and put a time frame for completing your NYR.)

Check: How will I know that I met my goal?

Adjust: Did I meet my goal? What do I need to go now? (When the time you set for your NYR is up, answer these two questions.)

It is never to late to make a NYR or just set goals for yourself. This is also something you can teach your child(ren) from a young age. Just modify the wording of the questions.

1 comment:

  1. Hello,
    Nice to see your post. I have the same problems too so I came up with some strategies of my own to handle them. Check them out on my blog if you would like to :)

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