Someone Wants To Fight Me...Square Off Then!

Ding Ding Ding...the bell goes off, gloves are on, and you are pumping yourself up ready to turn around to face your opponent. The fans are cheering ready to see the match, and your haters are passing bets around that you will lose. You finally are ready, and when you turn around you realize your oponent is you.

As the New Year approaches and you prepare to re-evaluate yourself & your goals, realize that you are approaching your beginning of the year boxing match. Your 2010 self is competing against your 2011 self. Have you ever heard that you are your biggest competition? Every year you should be competing to do better than you did the year before. But really treat it as if it is a match. You must truly knock out the competition (yourself). It has to be a clear winner, so you want to go extra hard.

Everyone comes up with their list of changes they want to make in the New Year, and after about a month the list of goals end up somewhere misplaced. You forget about the plans you have for yourself, and at the end of the year you are wondering why things seem the exact same? That is why I say treat it like a huge boxing match. Pump yourself up as much as you can to truly become better than you were the year before.

The first thing that you must do to prepare for this boxing match is to evaluate your opponents. You must truly think about everything that you accomplished this year. Then of course like tradition think about everything you can do better. But instead of just writing it down, you need to study your list (your competition). Figure out how you can truly become better and win.

Examples:

Goal:
I want to be in better shape.

Fighting approach:

1. Read up on different techniques to tackle the areas that you are looking to approve on.
2. Seek advice from personal trainers, or friends you know that work out.
3. Find the place where you are going to train.
4. Find a work out partner so that together you can push yourself
5. Set up a work out plan
6. Tell 5 other people so they can hold you accountable
7. Go further than your workout plan, change your eating habits as well

You get the point. Instead of just writing out a simple goal, you need to write out everything you need to do to achieve your goal.

When you write out one line goals, you are not doing what it takes to truly knock out the competition. If 2011 plans on being your champion year, you have to think like a pro. They plan and tackle every possible area of improvement. They don't just say they want to win, they work around the clock training on how to achieve this. And when you start writing out a plan instead of just a goal, you are putting more energy into the universe that you truly want to accomplish this goal. You need to take this approach in the New Year. Go harder than you ever have gone before. When the ding ding ding sounds again, your 2010 self should be knocked out on the ground, and it should be clear that you have won the match. 2011 should end with you accomplishing all of your goals, going places you never have been, trying food you have never tasted, looking better than you ever have before, and anything else that puts you over the top from the year before.

Year boxing match begins in a few more weeks, are you preparing to be better than this year? GO hard....every year needs to be better than the year before. I don't know about you, but all my haters betting against me...will lose!

Change your New Years Resolution into a Boxing Match Preparation List! Let's get ready to rumble...

-The Socialite