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December 21, 2009 on 9:29 pm | In life coaching | No Comments

When you learn to play the piano (or cook, swim, speak a foreign language, etc.), when do you transition from learning to doing?  In a way, you are always learning, so you are also always doing.  You might be a bad piano player at first and a better one later, but you are still always playing the piano.  Therefore, if you want to do something, there is no magical time to start; just start now.

So it is with next year’s resolutions.  You think you will have more motivation, discipline, momentum or magic by starting on January 1.  Actually, you should start right now.  Let this column be your motivation. When you start on Dec. 21 after reading this, you are exercising discipline.  You are gaining momentum going into January 1.  You harness the magic of starting early, of just starting before you can talk yourself out of it, fall into your previous rut, or simply forget.

If a 2010 resolution is to get healthy, work out today.  If you want to take an exotic trip, pick a destination and research it on the Internet.  If you want to save more, take $10 from your wallet and stick it in a savings jar.  Just do something towards your goal.

Better yet, write down 5 small steps, and do one a day until January 1.  If that means taking five $10 bills out of your wallet, then that’s what you have to do.  The process of doing one small step each day will reap big benefits.  Start now, and get a jumpstart on 2010.