Tick Tock – Take Stock Tick Tock – The Present Past

What were the promises or resolutions that you made to yourself at the beginning of the year? Take fifteen to 30 seconds to list what they were?

Tick Tock – 3 months of this year has already gone by.

Are you in the process of making 2000 and 9 MINE or FINE or is it already just another year? What of your dreams and the positive changes you were going to make. Did you plant the seeds and remember to water the garden?

Tick Tock – The Not So Long Ago Past

Lets take you back 3 months before that, to October 2008. What were the things you promised you would do by the end of 2008 after you stopped work and before the new-year started?

Tick Tock – that was already 6 months ago. For those who did them, I am sure you  can see some of the shoots raising their heads out of the ground just now as the seeds begin to germinate. For those  of you who, didn’t well are you going to wait until the next season comes along? In SA it is now the beginning of Autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the beginning of Spring.. know that there’s always a right time to plant a seed… just don’t forget to water it )

Tick Tock – The Back In The Days When

My brothers in the UK have both been meaning to come and visit my children and I since I moved to SA. Each year they say, “I’ll come next year…when I have the time and the money.” I have been here since 2001 and last year they have promised to come next year… when they have the time and the money. My youngest was 6 the last time they saw him he is now 14.

Oooooh! and remember, back then in 2001 there was no facebook or myspace and little use of cell phones for family or social calls, so my children have a very vague memory of a couple of uncles on the other side of the world and my brothers still see my children with gap toothed smiles

What are you doing today that you said you would be doing five years ago? More importantly, what are the things that you are not doing today that you said you would be doing today?

So, now you might be saying, well I promise I will do it at the end of the year?

What if the problem did not lie in the promise itself?

What if there was a tool that could be used that would ensure that you would achieve the goals that you have set for yourself by when you said you would achieve them?

What would your life look like then?

There are a few simple keys to achieving your goals, one of the very first ones is to always be in action towards your goal, even if the action takes 30 seconds. In 30 seconds, I look at my list of to do things and at a glance, I know what needs to be done next. Do I choose to do it… may be I will… may be I won’t, but those 30 seconds gave me time to create a few choices.

Given the choice, how do you choose to use your time presently, if you are ready to move in to action and are feeling stuck or press for time, call me or skype me or email me

Tick Tock… click on this link now to find out how to make the best use of your present and if you are still watching the clock go by, why not watch this space and see what presents the present may offer you over the next day or two?

Watch out for “Tick Tock – The Present Day In Action” and “Tick Tock – The Present Day Inaction” – the follow up to these current blogs

Joan Laine is a Transformational Coach and a Workshop Facilitator. To find out more about Joan visit her profile on Head Start PBS or on Linkedin