Beyond New's Year Resolutions

I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions any more.  Hope is no longer a strategy for change.  I was very inspired by a recent teleclass from Michael Margolis on using storytelling rather than resolutions to get results.  Michael is author of Believe Me - a Storytelling Manifesto for Change-Makers.

Every year I write a list of business goals.  No more than ten and no less than five.  I share these goals with my husband and I place them on my desktop.  Sometimes I embellish the goal plan with stars (to be creative).  Following Business Guru advice, I vow to visit my goals often.  At the end of the year, I tick off those that I've accomplished. 

Does this process work?  Well, I am noticing a certain flatness of energy and drive.  So why does achieving my goals produces weariness and ennui rather than a thrilling sense of Me and My Purpose? 

This year I have decided upon a different tack.  This year I shall harness the power of storytelling.  I shall write a Story to Live Into, rather than a list of goals to achieve.  I will be both Author and Heroine of my brilliant year.

I’m also going to introduce storytelling (this is the March Chapter) to 500 women as part of International Women’s Day. 

What’s one story you have the power to change in 2010?

PS:  you can download your free digital copy of Michael’s book from  www.believemethebook.com