24th
Incorporating
personal safety health and environmental plans into our annual new year
resolutions is vital to ensure we commit to a safer, more healthy and
environmental friendly goals.
It is already over two
weeks into the New Year and most of us have developed New year resolutions but
the question is, how sustainable are those plans? Most times we develop plans
that are very vague thereby they not achievable within the time frame (annual).
The traditional New Year resolutions is linked to a secular culture in the
Western Hemisphere and also to the Roman tradition when promises were made at
the beginning of a new year for self improvement and commitment to a better or
healthier lifestyle.
A study conducted in
University of Bristol in 2007 involving 3,000 people showed that 88% of the New
Year resolutions made, failed even though over half of the participants in the
study were optimistic that the plans were achievable when setting the goals?
What went wrong is typical of most plans, systems needs to be put in place for
the personal plans to be achievable in line with the popular saying “if you
fail to plan, you therefore plan to fail”. After developing these plans, in
order to execute, put a structure in place on how to achieve it in 2014.
Do you have a
personal safety plan? Are you committed to a healthier and sustainable
lifestyle in 2014? If your answer to both questions is negative then this is
the time to make that pledge to adopt a greener lifestyle in order to life more
fulfilled and productive lives in our world filled with emerging environmental
concerns and various challenges.
Tips for developing
sustainable personal plans
The following are tips
to be considered in order to develop an achievable annual personal plan.
Ø Personal plans should
not be treated as “traditions” to be carried out like everyone else but like
the terms states, they should be personal for each individual base on your
interest and passion.
Ø Personal plans should
be written down and displayed in places such as your workstation, kitchen or
dressing mirror so you can see it all the time.
Ø Health Safety and
Environmental goals should be incorporated into these plans
Ø These plans should be
specific and achievable, not too bogus or general.
Ø Your personal plans
should be measurable by having systems in place on how to achieve them for
example if you plan to read a book a month, you need to be committed to joining
a library, joining a book club or assign funds for buying books monthly.
Ø Have a schedule for
reviewing your personal plans quarterly to check progress on achievement,
determine current status and realign accordingly.
Ø Share your personal
safety plans with trusted family and friends so they can support you in
achieving these goals.
Ø Throughout the year,
try to do a better job of balancing your time between your relationship with
God, your family, recreation and the demands of your job. Do not sacrifice so
much to our jobs throughout the year so you can manage stress levels
effectively
Ø Have someone conduct
an assessment on you personal plans to determine if it is being adhered to.
Ø Be conscious of your
daily activities and for each task or activity you want to undertake, step back
and consider the implication of such behaviour , its impact on others , assets
and the environment.
I wish you a safe and productive New Year. Go
forth and have a sustainable 2014.
Written by O’ Reese
on behalf of En-pact Solutions Limited. 2014.
Twitter: @O Reese2
@EnpactHSE
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