In a few weeks we’ll begin a brand new year and it is vital
that you ask yourself exactly what you will change, start
(or stop) so that 2017 is better, happier and more
successful than 2016.
Next year, you'll have 52 weeks to achieve whatever you
wish. In 52 weeks you can, quite literally, rock your
world! In a year, you can transform relationships, change
your personality, or modify 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 accomplish in 2017?
Whatever you decide, you will have to persist. To change
careers, you'll have to make decisions, take risks, make
mistakes, get better advice, start over, get more training,
be scared, and celebrate many small wins and losses along
the way. Through it all, you will have to "keep on keeping
on."
Personally, I love it when big things happen quickly and
easily! That's exciting!
But most of the time, success requires patience,
persistence and hard work. The winners in life have clear
goals. They plan well, and use smart strategies. If things
are not working, they step back, re-assess and try another
way. But through it all, no matter what, winners persist.
Philip Humbert said, “For over 30 years, Mary and I have used the time between
Thanksgiving and New Year’s to review and plan. During
these weeks, we take time to talk, to dream, to change our
minds, to surprise and contradict ourselves, and set goals
for the coming year. We get confused; we get clear. We
study what friends and associates are doing, we ask loved
ones for input and ideas.
We juggle budgets, and we argue some. We cross off
wonderful ideas that, unfortunately just don't fit, while
adding ideas and projects that "pop up" during the process.
By January, we have a map, a set of strategies and
specific, measurable outcomes to be achieved in 52 weeks.
It's 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 to get where we want to go. Often, that is
not much fun. Sometimes, it really sucks! Which brings me
back to writing TIPS for one thousand and forty consecutive
weeks.
I had to develop a strategy and make it a habit.
Fortunately, after all these years it's usually fun and
sometimes TIPS practically "writes itself." Clients, books,
seminars and friends inspire the topics. I ponder them
while walking the dog or writing my daily journal, and then
I write a letter to 40,000 of my best friends. So, at one
level, doing TIPS is like achieving most goals--it's a
basic mix of commitment, strategy, a bit of effort and tons
of persistence.
To achieve your goals in 2017, know where you want to go,
and plan to persist. Plan to continue when the going gets
hard, to start over if necessary, and to celebrate many
large and small victories along the way. Expect a few "rain
delays" and lots of rainbows! Life is like that.
Persistence pays. And next year, may your Thanksgiving be
the biggest and best ever!
that you ask yourself exactly what you will change, start
(or stop) so that 2017 is better, happier and more
successful than 2016.
Next year, you'll have 52 weeks to achieve whatever you
wish. In 52 weeks you can, quite literally, rock your
world! In a year, you can transform relationships, change
your personality, or modify 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 accomplish in 2017?
Whatever you decide, you will have to persist. To change
careers, you'll have to make decisions, take risks, make
mistakes, get better advice, start over, get more training,
be scared, and celebrate many small wins and losses along
the way. Through it all, you will have to "keep on keeping
on."
Personally, I love it when big things happen quickly and
easily! That's exciting!
But most of the time, success requires patience,
persistence and hard work. The winners in life have clear
goals. They plan well, and use smart strategies. If things
are not working, they step back, re-assess and try another
way. But through it all, no matter what, winners persist.
Philip Humbert said, “For over 30 years, Mary and I have used the time between
Thanksgiving and New Year’s to review and plan. During
these weeks, we take time to talk, to dream, to change our
minds, to surprise and contradict ourselves, and set goals
for the coming year. We get confused; we get clear. We
study what friends and associates are doing, we ask loved
ones for input and ideas.
We juggle budgets, and we argue some. We cross off
wonderful ideas that, unfortunately just don't fit, while
adding ideas and projects that "pop up" during the process.
By January, we have a map, a set of strategies and
specific, measurable outcomes to be achieved in 52 weeks.
It's 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 to get where we want to go. Often, that is
not much fun. Sometimes, it really sucks! Which brings me
back to writing TIPS for one thousand and forty consecutive
weeks.
I had to develop a strategy and make it a habit.
Fortunately, after all these years it's usually fun and
sometimes TIPS practically "writes itself." Clients, books,
seminars and friends inspire the topics. I ponder them
while walking the dog or writing my daily journal, and then
I write a letter to 40,000 of my best friends. So, at one
level, doing TIPS is like achieving most goals--it's a
basic mix of commitment, strategy, a bit of effort and tons
of persistence.
To achieve your goals in 2017, know where you want to go,
and plan to persist. Plan to continue when the going gets
hard, to start over if necessary, and to celebrate many
large and small victories along the way. Expect a few "rain
delays" and lots of rainbows! Life is like that.
Persistence pays. And next year, may your Thanksgiving be
the biggest and best ever!
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