Top 12 Ways to Keep Your New Year's Resolution

The New Year prompts many of us to create resolutions, promises to start, stop, or change something that we think will make our lives better. Success requires follow up. Executive coach and change agent M.J. Ryan offers the Top 12 Ways to Keep Your New Year's Resolution:

1. Make it non-negotiable.
2. Plan for the usual excuses.
3. Make it actionable.
4. Be accountable.
5. Make a budget.
6. Set deadlines.
7. Put it on the schedule.
8. Do something every day/week/month.
9. Monitor progress regularly.
10. Celebrate successes.
11. Re-assess strategy.
12. Repeat.

For more ideas and advice consider attending the last in the series of seven webinars on The Seven Keys to Successful CPA Firm Management, Strategy Execution, by Capstone Marketing and the Bay Street Group LLC, January 12, 2010, 1:00-2:00 p.m. Eastern, $79.

Happy New Year!