Dean Graziosi argues against New Year's resolutions and pushes Kaizen-style incremental progress instead. Plan now with a 3-6 month actionable roadmap, treat past failures as R&D, and start executing before January hits.
Hey, everybody. Welcome to this week's weekly wisdom. I'm sure everybody's really full now. I hope we all eat too much. I know I did. I don't know if you indulged like I did, but I just kept going back for more and more. Hey, it's the time of year, so we might as well plan on it. Hey, you know what I can't believe? I can't believe it's an entire year since I did a blog heading into Christmas, heading into the New Year's, because I'm having the same thoughts did last year. And a lot of you are going to remember. And I'm going to say it again for everybody who's new. You know, so many of us start the new year off with a whole bunch of New Year's resolutions, and most of the time they're set with unrealistic goals and they land flat on their face. You know, it's New Year's is coming. I'm going to stop smoking, stop drinking, or I'm going to eat less. I'm going to exercise five days a week. I'm going to finally make offers on real estate. Hey, on a whole different note, if you haven't made offers, you're never going to make money. That's just one of the Matt Larson and I, who I talk to all the time. One of our students, if you don't know who he is, we always joke and say, I shouldn't say joke. We talk about it all the time. We'll talk to students, go, I haven't made any money yet. How many offers have you made? None, because I'm kind of nervous, like, make offers, make offers, make offers, make offers, make offers. Okay, let me back up. Sorry, got off on a tangent. But so many times with New Year's resolutions, we make these unrealistic goals. We set them just to disappoint ourselves. I know I've said this before, but kaizen is the art of, you know, how do you eat an elephant one bite at a time? How do you run a thousand mile race? One step at a time. So many of us are setting those big goals, like New Year's resolutions. We fall flat on our face and then we're like, ah, you're pathetic. You didn't get it done. No, don't beat yourself up. Not many people can fit it all in with the crazy, busy life we have. So this is your call to action in prep of New Year's. Forget about the New Year's resolutions. Don't just make a whole Bunch of unrealistic goals that set you up for failure. We just got done with Thanksgiving. Let's start setting those goals slowly now and come up with a three or six month plan that you're going to go after hard after January. So your New Year's resolutions, the quick fixes, it's like Kaizen, the slow, steady progress to change your life forever. Kaizen was developed by Americans, but it was inserted into Japan after World War II. Again, I only know the 30,000 foot view. The big picture of it, we basically went over to help rebuild Japan and Kaizen was, hey, we can't rebuild Japan overnight. So slow, steady progress, slow, steady cleanup, slow, steady development. And look what Japan. Look how Japan evolved since then with that theory. All the businesses in Japan have that concept. Okay, so that's what I want you to start doing right now. I'd like to make a. I'd like you to make a list starting right now. Start with your New Year's resolution now so you can hit the ground running. Don't be one of those people that you're feeling full from Christmas and go, hey, I'm just going to lose weight. I don't want you thinking, hey, I was a little. I slacked a little bit during the holidays. I'm just going to get my first deal done in a week. No, Thanksgiving is over. Let's spend a little time figuring out how we're going to hit the ground running. Think about the things that went wrong in the past. What? But don't beat yourself up over them. You know, the way I look at my past mistakes or failures or maybe where I was a little lazy or didn't take action, it's all R and D. It's all research and development of what not to do anymore. So make of the list. Make of the list. I sound like Italian relatives of mine. Make of the list of the things not to do that you've tried and didn't work. And make a list of the things that you're going to accomplish in 2012, and let's make 2012 the best year of your entire life. And let's start planning and preparing for it right now. So when everybody else is doing their New Year's resolutions last minute, you're on the ground running and heading to the results that you're looking for. All I know is I want everybody watching to have next year be bigger, better and more profitable than last year. Who here can afford another year like last year? It doesn't matter if you made decent money or you're broke or then broke. We always want to be climbing. The rest of the world is happy with Status Quo. If you're watching this, you're not. So let's get prepared. Let's rock it. And I want more successful students in 2012than I've ever had in my life. I'm on a mission. Wait till you see some of the things I have coming in January and February, they're going to blow your mind. This site alone is going to go to a whole nother level. So be prepared and let's rock it. I'll talk to you next week.
