As we wind down 2010 and begin to look forward to 2011, I started thinking about to optimize my recent life lessons for growth and create my dream year. And, that line of thinking led me to the dreaded “New Year’s Resolutions” and what they mean and why they never work.
I hope 2010 is the worse year of my life…it was a challenging year for me at best, and I am glad to have it behind me. So what can I do differently moving forward. Many people believe that karma continues to create opportunities for us to learn a lesson until we finally learn it. I can buy into that…so if that’s the case, how do we learn our lessons so we can finally move onto other growth opportunities.
I believe that we all have a limited capacity for stuff in our heads and hearts. So in order to make changes we need to first take inventory of where we are today…the great, the good, the bad and yes, the ugly. By writing our skills, characteristics, talents, faults, things we don’t like or want to continue doing individually on index cards.
Next sort through the index cards using the criteria of what we want to keep and be and what we no longer need or want in our lives.
Only then will we have the capacity to add new skills, talents, qualities and traits that we want to our lives. Set aside the pile that you don’t want.
And begin to add to the pile that you do want. This can be done through creating a vision board, or writing in a notebook, or whatever is meaningful for you.
You now know where you were and where you want to be and can create you actionable plan for 2011. Email me and let me know how this works and your progress.
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