Summary: I don't believe in New Year's resolutions. I think they're silly. They usually last about as long as a bowl of ice cream in August. I'd much rather create my year. This is a talk about just that that I recently gave to my private mentoring group. I thought it was good enough that I decided to share it with everyone. In it, I talk about creating your year. The basic format is: Look into December of this year, 2015, and decide what you want to have done, seen and accomplished. I have several areas to look at: Business - what you want to have achieved in business growth and product development. (If you're a writer or artist, what you want to have created.) Income - related to business - what your income from business, art and any passive, recurring sources Relationships - there are three main areas: Family - if you have any family members with whom you don't have the best relationship, how will those look by the end of the year? Friends - Do you have friends you want to strengthen your relationship to? Do you have toxic friends you want to cut ties with? Are there any people you want to become friends with? Business - look at your current business relationship and ask the same questions as with friends. Especially, are there any people you want to meet and possibly work with? Health - how will your health improve? Spiritual - this can mean your religious practice, but for me, it means my meditative time, the ease at which I can calm myself in a difficult situation, etc. Environment - your home, your neighborhood, your job Fun - most forget this one. If you don't have any fun, what's the point? What do you want to do this year? Where do you want to go? Once you have seen what each of these areas look like next December, look at the tasks you must accomplish to make them happen. Separate those tasks into what will need to be done each month for the next 12 months, then put them on your calendar. And, when you put them on the calendar, don't do them as "tasks". Do them as appointments that have a starting and ending time. It is easier to ignore a task than an appointment. Listen to the audio below for more details and Happy New Year! (If you're interested in finding out about or joining my private mentoring group, you can do so HERE.)
