Start small to achieve Goals in 2024...?
Breaking it down...
We have really great intentions at the start of the year and often we make big and bold New Years Resolutions. It is good to inspire and motivate yourself but use the technique of breaking it down. Achievement underpins motivation so we will feel far more fulfilled if we have accomplished small tasks taking us closer to the big goal.
When we group data we can describe it as a chunk of information, such as a telephone number and the process of chunking is when we break it into small groups.
Chunking helps you organise your thinking and handle more information. Telephone numbers become much easier to remember if you put them into small clusters. This method can also allow you to become more efficient, as you can classify things into groups, moving them from very specific to general or the other way round. This comes from Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and they call it chunking up and chunking down.
If your new resolution was to learn language and you apply chunking up (specific to general)
- going for coffee with my friend Michelle and speaking french
- duo lingo daily
- attending evening classes
- sourcing classes
- exploring languages across Europe
If your new resolution is to run in 2024 and we apply chunking down (general to specific)
- Running shoes
- Running buddy
- Couch to 5k
- 5k
- First Park run locally - Saturday 10th February 2024
We all have different preferences when it comes to processing, so some people find chunking up easier and others chunking down, initially try both methods with the same goal.
The most important thing is to start today with something small, even the process of organising your intentions is a great step for 2024.
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