Happy New Year! I hope you all had a fun-filled, safe weekend!

 Remember those resolutions we talked about last week? How are they going so far? Here are a few helpful tips to keep your goals going rather than crashing and burning by mid-January.

1)    Make sure your goals are realistic and attainable. Don’t set the bar so high that your odds of success are low. Make your goals challenging, but doable.

 2)    Focus on the positives. If you’re trying to improve your diet, for example, don’t torture yourself by thinking about all those treats you can no longer eat. Focus on all the newdelicious and healthy foods you’ll get to try and how good you’ll feel. Also, remember why you’ve made the choice to eat right. Probably to live a long healthy life and spend more time with your family.

 3)    Rather than replace a bad behavior with nothing (eating snacks before dinner), replace it with a good behavior (like taking a walk before dinner). You’ll be more successful when you’re focused on what you’re adding rather than what you’re giving up.

 4)    Take baby steps. Ask yourself: what can I do today to get closer to my goal? I can choose a salad over a burger for lunch. And I can park further from the office and walk a bit.

 Look at your Servant Leadership goals the same way. Don’t imagine you can become a perfect Servant Leader overnight. Set realistic goals for yourself. When you get frustrated and want to go back to your old ways, focus on all the good thatwill come out of your new behaviors. Rather than aiming to stop a bad behavior, add a positive, new Servant Leader behavior. And take your goal one tiny step at a time.

 Good luck with all your resolutions this year! May they be successful!