In 2010, you'll have 52 weeks to achieve whatever you wish. In 52 weeks you can transform anything, from your relationships to your personality, even your bank account. You can change careers in 52 weeks. You can marry the person of your dreams, learn a new language or sail around the world in 52 weeks. What will you do in the coming year?
Whatever you decide, you will have to persist. To change careers, you'll have to make decisions, take risks, make mistakes, call some people, start over, get training, perhaps move to a new community, be scared, and celebrate many small victories along the way. Through it all, you will have to "keep on keeping on".
Personally, I'm always in favor of working smart, and I love it when big things happen quickly! That's just plain FUN!
But most of the time, successful people are patient, persistent and work very, very hard. They have clear goals. They plan well, and use efficient strategies. If things ar e not working, they step back, re-assess and try another way. Always, they "keep on keeping on".
We juggle budgets, we try stuff, and we dream. We cross off wonderful ideas that don't fit, while adding ideas and projects that "pop up" during the process. By January 1st, we have a map, a set of strategies and specific outcomes to be achieved in 52 weeks.
It's great fun to dream and plan and strategize. It becomes a source of laughter and inspiration and we look forward to it. That's the easy part.
The hard part is keeping faith, week after week, and taking the daily steps t o get where we want to go. Which brings me back to publishing TIPS for 676 consecutive weeks.
Quotes of the Week
"The great tragedy of life is not death, but what dies inside of us while we live." -- Norman Cousins
"It takes great courage to faithfully follow what we know to be true." -- Sara E. Anderson
"Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become."
-- Barbara Geraci
"Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There is no greater investment." -- Stephen Covey
"The great tragedy of life is not death, but what dies inside of us while we live." -- Norman Cousins
"It takes great courage to faithfully follow what we know to be true." -- Sara E. Anderson
"Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become."
-- Barbara Geraci
"Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There is no greater investment." -- Stephen Covey
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