Improve each day through New Year’s Eve to identify your resolution (if you haven’t finished planning your revolution).
1. Keep your goals in front of you. If you keep your larger “weight” in front of you, you focus on what’s ahead (instead of the weight that you carry on your back).
2. Feedback is best when it looks at the future. Solutions to solve problems are far better than complaining in order to reinvent the wheel.
3. Make time for the right things. Get rid of bad habits or time-wasting activities so your energies are used for productive purposes.
4. Build better foundations. Lift yourself and others higher to see farther on the horizon at what’s possible (rather than using blocks to protect your turf).
5. Tools make things easier. By selecting the right choices to streamline various aspects of your life, you simplify and reduce stress.
6. Be mindful in discussions. When you listen for clues about others’ moods and show attentiveness, you discover what people aren’t saying.
7. Reduce distractions. You gain power by retaking control over little things (like too many coupon emails), so you own your focus.
8. Accept that reassessments are healthy. By adjusting as you progress, you make sure that you are capturing the strong winds that move you forward faster.
9. Get involved with something bigger than yourself. Show your gratitude for what you have by giving back to others.
10. Realize what you don’t know and go learn something. Refreshing our learning skills makes it easier to adapt and overcome when obstacles rise in our paths.
11. Take time to just drink your coffee. Your mind needs quiet time, so sit down, unplug and pause in order to help strengthen focus for the next task.
12. Green is good. Greenery is the color for 2017; make sure you bring not only plants but also green habits into your home to be on trend as well as improving the world.
13. Say what you mean. With finesse and kindness, you’ll find being articulate and authentic will be a better strategy than any SEO plan.
14. Train your brain. Make information mean something when you digest or express— it helps you and everyone around you, too.
15. Practice what brings you peace. By making time weekly for what brings your soul contentment just for its own sake, you’ll be healthier and happier.
Heather M. Hilliard is Principal and Chief Strategist for R. Roan Enterprises, LLC, a professional services consulting firm supporting businesses in pointed areas of expertise as well as with individuals for targeted projects or career development. For more articles like these, visit her posts on LinkedIn or on G+.
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