新年決心難以堅持？3步助你達成願望

A resolution is a decision to do something that will improve your situation in some way. You may resolve to become more focused in your business, to become more productive or to expand your team. There are many types of resolutions small business owners can make. But a decision on its own is meaningless. It's when you create a plan that focuses on the desired results of your decision that the magic happens.
新年決心指的是能夠在某種程度上助你改善情況的決定。你可能會下決心把重點放在生意上，想要提高工作效率或拓展隊伍的規模。其實對於小型企業家來說，有許多種新年決心是可以確定的。不過就決心本身而言，是沒有多大意義的。只有當你的計劃是圍繞着你所作出的決定的結果，纔會產生神奇的效果。

Regardless of the path you take, the process for turning a resolution into an outcome-focused goal needs to accomplish several things. Here are the steps you need to take to turn your resolutions into actionable goals.
不管你選擇哪條道路去完成目標，在把決心轉變成以結果爲中心目標的過程，需要你完成幾件事情。下面爲你介紹幾個把決心轉換成可實現的目標的小步驟。

Step 1. Identify the Desired Results
第一步：確定預期結果

Let's say your small business resolution is to become a better communicator. To determine what the desired result will be, think about what impact you want your resolution to have in your business. What will becoming a better communicator do for you? Will it reduce misunderstandings with your employees, improve team morale or help you improve productivity by communicating more effectively the first time? Be as specific as possible about what you want the result of your resolution to be.
假設你的小小決心是成爲一名更善於與他人溝通的人。那麼你的預期結果就應該考慮到，你希望這個決心對你的生意造成什麼樣的影響。要是你成爲了一名更出色的溝通者，對於你本人而言有哪些好處？能否減少與員工的誤解？能否提高團隊士氣？或者能否因爲首次就能順利交談而提高工作效率？儘可能確定和細化你的預期結果。

You may have just one result, or it may be a combination of things that will make up the desired outcome of your resolution.
也許你只想達到一個結果，或者是多件事情綜合起來構成了你的預期結果。

Step 2. Outline Actions to Take
第二步：描繪行動步驟

Now that you know what the outcome will look like, how will you achieve it? Each of your desired results should be lined up with individual actions.
既然現在你知道了自己的預期結果了，那麼你怎麼實現它？其實，每一個預期的結果都應該與每一個單獨的行動步驟相匹配。

To reduce misunderstandings with your employees, for example, you need to communicate information thoroughly, clearly and in a timely manner.
比如說，爲了減少與員工之間的誤解，你有必要儘可能徹底、清晰並且及時地與他們溝通所有信息。

What do you need to do in order to accomplish this result? Perhaps you need to take a leadership/communication class or read a book about better communication with employees in order to improve your skills in this area. Or maybe, you need to create a checklist of things that have to happen in order to effectively communicate to your team (i.e., making a verbal announcement, sending a follow-up email recap to the announcement, asking employees to relay their understanding back to you, giving your team a chance to provide feedback, checking in consistently, etc.)
那麼，要實現這個目標，你需要做哪些事情？也許你需要參加領導者/溝通課程或閱讀一本關於與員工更良好溝通的書籍，以此提升你在此領域的技能。或者，你需要列出一個清單，寫上你爲了與團隊更有效溝通而需要做到的事情（即，發出口頭通知，發送後續通知梗概，詢問員工的看法，給予團隊一個作出反饋的機會，多到公司與他們見面等等。）

Repeat this process, outlining each action for every desired result that supports your resolution.
重複這個過程，仔細描繪每一個與預期結果相對應的行動，這樣能夠鞏固你的決心。

Step 3. Create a Timeline for Each Action
第三步：爲行動設置時間軸

In order to make progress and ensure your resolution sticks, it can be very helpful to align each action with a due date. This keeps you moving forward and allows you to build momentum (it also keeps your resolution on your mind consistently).
爲了保持持續的進步和確保決心能夠堅持下來，爲每一個行動設置時間限制是非常有用的。這樣能夠促使你前進，也可以增加動力（同時還能讓你把決心牢牢地記在心裏）。

Prioritize your action items, and give yourself a reasonable amount of time to get each one completed. If an action has multiple steps, try to estimate a timeline for each step. It's also a good idea to build in time for checkpoints where you can review your progress and make any modifications you may need to keep moving forward.
按照輕重緩急的順序排列你的行動步驟，然後給自己安排足夠的時間去完成它們。如果有一個行動包含多個步驟，那就爲每一個步驟估算所需的時間長度。另外，設置檢查節點也是一個不錯的選擇，你可以不時回頭查看已有的進步，然後在接下來的步驟裏作出修整。