1. Demonstrate strong commitment.
Be totally committed to your resolution. Use self-talk that announces your commitment to reach your objectives. Burn the bridges that are attached to doubt and hesitancy. Consider the words of Ella Wilcox: “There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.”

2. Act on your goal at the first opportunity.
Do not procrastinate progress. Review your goals and determine what the initial or next step should be—then, take that step the first chance you get.

3. Practice daily.
Reaching high levels of productivity is a skill that requires practice like any other developing skill. Let the realization of your goals be a daily activity. Remember that life happens day-by-day, event-by-event. Plan something today that gets you closer to your ideal. the size of the step is unimportant —the direction is all important.

4. Never let an exception occur.
Exceptions are diversions and roadblocks. Don’t allow them unless and until your new habit is firmly rooted and is in your comfort zone. Diversions should be short and planned for—don’t lose sight of your objective.

In his book The Power of Intention, Dr. Wayne Dyer defines intention as a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. The book explores intention, not as something you do, but as an energy you’re a part of. In addition, Dr. Dyer provides an intention guide with specific ways to apply the co-creating principles into your daily life.

Some important points about this intention:

• You’ll feel most on purpose when you’re giving your life away by serving others. It doesn’t matter how you express it, but serving others (a few or many) is at the core of life purpose.
• Your purpose will find YOU.
• Somewhere, buried deep within each of us, is a call to purpose. There’s a silent something within that intends you to express yourself. It’s about sharing yourself in a creative, loving way using the skills and interests that are inherently part of you.

A few ways Dr. Dyer suggests to practice nourishing your intention to live your life on purpose.

• Affirm that in an intelligent system, no one shows up by accident, including you.
• Ignore what anyone else tells you about your purpose. The only thing to listen to is your heart!
• Stay in a state of gratitude. Be grateful for the opportunity to live your life purposefully, in tune with the Source of all.
  

In his book, Everyday Enlightenment, Dan Millman outlines his twelve gateways to personal growth. Here is Gateway #12:

Service is an attitude founded on the recognition that the world has supported you, fed you, taught you, tested you, whether or not you earned it. Understanding this sijmple truth can move you to do what you can to repay a boundless debt of gratitude. Service is both a means and an end, for in giving to others, you open yourself to love, abundance and inner peace. You cannot serve others without uplifting yourself.

In his book, Everyday Enlightenment, Dan Millman outlines his twelve gateways to personal growth. Here is Gateway #2:

Inside you is untapped strength of will, of spirit, of heart. The kind of strength that will not flinch in the face of adversity. You have only to remember your purpose, the vision that brought you to Earth — the vision that will take you to the stars — to the depths of the oceans and up the stairway to the soul. Great strength of will resides within you waitinf for expression.

Every time we attend a seminar or workshop, we may spend 2 to 8 hours on a particular topic. Yet, in recalling what we learned after 48 hours, there will only be one or two gems that we’ve stored away for future use. I took this gem away from a 3 hour meeting I attended recently.

I routinely tell my clients (and myself) that the pace we are keeping is perfect for us. We each move as fast as we can to the next level of awareness and to growth and understanding. Usually, we want to go slowly, building up to addressing that big fear. We assume that a series of smaller successes will make it easier to conquer the thing we are so frightened of.

I still stand by that principle. Your pace is perfect for you. However, I can recognize the truth in the gem I learned at that meeting: If you want to move fast, to grow exponentially, identify what you are most afraid of and start there.

In discussing this concept with a client recently, she said it sounded like the ‘Fail Forward Fast’ principle to her. The sooner you try and fail, the sooner you learn from that and move on to the next, potentially right, thing.

So, what are you most afraid of today? Willing to give it a go?