"Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it
the most agreeable."
--Sir Francis Bacon
Nowadays diets tend to have a bad name. Overly
restrictive and temporary, they often ensure that people revert back to their
old habits quickly, thereby eliminating long-term results. This year I've
discovered a new way to apply the idea of a diet to a host of goals that have
nothing to do with food. I've found that if I focus my attention on a
specific topic and do one small task related to every day
for 30 days, by the end of the month I've achieved remarkable
things I never anticipated.
This is an idea you can have a lot of fun with. Just take an area of your
work or life that you'd like to improve and then commit to doing one small
thing related to that every day for 30 days. It's
important to keep the tasks small so that you'll enjoy the
process and stick with it.
So, if you want to improve your company's marketing, on day one, maybe read
some articles on marketing on http://www.ezinearticles.com. On day two, stop at a
bookstore and browse the marketing section. On day three, call some
inactive clients and see how they're doing. To really give your
30-day diet an extra boost, do with in tandem with a friend,
and commit to emailing each other each day with a YES or NO.
Here are some additional examples to get you thinking about what lifestyle diet
you may want to embark on. Be creative and enjoy the process.
Public relations diet –
do something to help get your company’s message in front of your top
audiences every day for one month
Money
diet - do one small thing to improve your finances for 30 days
Fitness diet - resolve to move your body in a
small way each day
Pleasure diet - increase your enjoyment and
pleasure in life by making sure you do at least one thing you find
pleasurable every day for a month
Tolerations diet - make a list of 60 petty
annoyances that are bothering you such as a messy desk, a co-worker's
disrespect or a missing button on your favorite sweater. Then
eliminate one toleration a day for 30 days
Kindness diet - do one small act of kindness
each day for 30 days
Romance diet - do something romantic for your
partner every day for 30 days
Organization diet - take a small step each day to
organize even just a desk drawer at a time. See how it adds up a
month later
Vibrant
health diet - do one small thing a day to contribute to
your or your family's vibrant good health
Barbara Wayman, president of BlueTree Media, LLC, publishes The Stand Out Newsletter, an
award-winning ezine for people who want
to know how to leverage the power of marketing and public relations. Get your
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