How to Renew Your Momentum

Why do we stop and start in reaching our goals?All of a sudden we experience a set-back or
So many people achieve their momentum and afailure. It is not advisable to go back and re-do
crisis in life stops our momentum. It is almostwhat we have created; it is time to "adjust" and
impossible to get started again and re-gain ourcreate an alternative plan or action step or the
momentum.method of implementation. Unfortunately many
Gaining momentum in our lives runs into difficultypeople just give up and say something like "well,
when we run hot and then run cold. Let methat did not work" and throw the project out the
explain it this way. I was reading an illustration onwindow.
"not stopping" in our efforts in reaching our goalsNo one had a greater commitment and staying
and it involved water.motivated to a walking exercise program than I.
If you want to boil water you will do three things:My father died and my world shut down. My
1) put the water in a kettle;motivation and commitment disappeared. My
2) put the kettle on a stove;energy evaporated. After a few months a friend
3) and then turn the heat on.told me that my past walking program is "out of
If the heat is turned off, even for an instant, thethe window" so I had to create new ways of
water will not boil, even though the heat is turnedwalking so that I would look forward to a new
on again later. If one continues to turn the heatadventure in my life. Upon research, I discovered
on and off the fact remains that the water willthere are 22 different walking styles to choose.
never boil.My kettle of boiling water had been turned off so
To relate this to real life when we want toI had to get a fresh kettle of water and heat it
achieve a goal we:up; which is what I did. With making a few
1) create our business plan;adjustment and adding new ways of walking, my
2) plan our action steps; andcommitment, motivation and enjoyment came
3) and then implement.back.