If you’ve read much of my writing, either on my blogs or my books, by now you know that I believe we can all do magnificent things. So why that heading?

Most people can’t make sudden and dramatic changes, even if their behavior is hurting them and the ones they love. Even if their health or finances are in danger.

Here’s the good news, you’re not most people. Neither am I. We write and read things like this to explore the possibilities. Sometimes we even (surprise!) take action.

Yet New Year’s resolutions are to goals what empty calories are to nutrition. They may look and taste good, even give you a sugar high for a short time, but in the end, it’s mostly a waste of time.

But there are ways to plan and get what you want, or at least get the edge on what you desire.

I had 300 people in a seminar once and I asked this question: “How many of you have made New Year’s resolutions and actually took action on every one of them?        How about 50% of them?”

One person raised his hand on the first question but admitted that “every one” was only total of  two, and his action lasted only a short time, seeing no success in keeping his resolutions. Four people admitted to 50% action but only one person achieved any significant results.

This may sound like a contradiction, but I believe in writing down goals, making whole lists of them! At least that implants the idea of a little more depth in your psyche. And while there are lots of great goal setting systems, I’m not talking about that, just the New Year resolution kind. I suggest just one.

Creating a whole list of resolutions is like writing to Santa as an adult without children. You may as well lay out cookies and milk on December 24, then consume them yourself. Santa ain’t coming. Sorry.

Just One Thing

Find the one thing in your life that is the most frustrating to you. If you’ve felt that it’s unsolvable, take another look at it. If you still feel that it’s overwhelming  take another look at it.

Write out any steps you could possibly take that would make a difference. If it would take more money than you have or think you can have, write it out anyway. In fact, forget about why you might not be able to solve this frustration, just write out what it would take to do it, regardless. Just for that one thing. That one very important resolution.

I call these solutions without obstacles. The very act of writing this out can begin a plan. It can create “ahas” that show you possibilites, and there are always possibilities.

Just take that one thing and begin it. Write out a list of the ideal people you know or anyone, living or dead, famous or or not who might have the solution or could help you find it.

This will help you power up your imagination. Napoleon Hill wrote about masterminding with anyone and everyone. Whether they were available or not. Play with it. Ask yourself what the most successful person in the world might suggest to you. It can be truly amazing.

One of the events that can happen from this is that it will trigger your intuition to go where you might not otherwise have gone to find the solution.

Get “The Edge”

Getting “The Edge” In Reaching Any Success

You have the edge over most other people in. . .something. You may know something that your competitors don’t. You could have a connection in business that enhances your possibilites of success. Or, you might have read a book that helped you at a specific time and place to WIN.

“The Edge” is something all winners in life search for. And believe me, every success story you’ve ever read has embedded in it, whether revealed or not, some edge that brought that person over the top.

The mistaken assumption that is often made is that having an edge means an unfair advantage, or making it so that someone has to lose while you win or the other way around. Not so!

You’ll have the edge if your applying for a job at a Fortune 500 company with an advanced degree. Of course, that alone won’t guarantee that you’ll get the job, but all other factors being somewhat equal, you’d likely beat out the BA with an MBA.

What’s your primary goal or desire for this coming year? After you’ve written it down, write out what edge you have now. What do you know or what could you have that would increase your odds of getting what you want? If you can’t think of one, what edge would help you?

Maybe you need to know someone you don’t know. Who do you know who could introduce you to that person or that kind of person? You may have to really think about this, but your connections are far more vast that you likely realize.

Is there a book, seminar, course, or networking group that might further your likelihood of getting to your intention?

We all have a built-in “edge.” I call it “The Wizard’s Edge,” for that Inner Wizard in us all. It’s the combination of intuition and life’s lessons that we don’t always know how to call up. Nevertheless, so much is there and available.

There’s a free report on how to use the basics of this technique, if you don’t have it yet, at YourInnerWizard.com.

>>Watch for Part 2 on Why New Year Resolutions Don’t Work!

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