You create your list, you write your plan, you dream your
dreams and, before you know it, another year has passed and
you’re no closer to achieving them. Are you thinking “been
there, done that”?
If so, I’d like you to repeat after me:
“I resolve to make 2007 the year I stop wishing, stop
hoping, stop complaining and finally DO all the things I’ve
always wanted to do!”
What if you made that promise to yourself? The promise to
make 2007 your best year? Think of the power it will give
you — that one simple promise to make 2007 your best year
*ever*! If you decided TODAY that you are finally going to
turn your dreams into actions; you are finally going to
check off your goals as they’re achieved!
I want you to close your eyes and FEEL that feeling. Feel
it to the depth of your core. Can you get excited about it?
I’m going to share a personal, non-business-related time
when I felt this and see if it will give you some tiny
inkling of the type of euphoria I am talking about.
I used to be overweight (and am again, but that’s another
story). One day in January about ten years ago, I decided
that I didn’t like who I was any more — not just my
weight, but a lot of things. I spent too much time being
who others expected and not enough time being *me*.
So I set out on a quest to discover *who* Sandra was.
As part of that process, I decided to become healthy. I
became a vegan and started exercising. I lost A LOT of
weight — I was commuting from D.C. to Massachusetts every
weekend to see my family and was dropping a pant size every
other week or so. Anyone who has struggled with their
weight will appreciate what this meant to me.
I had more energy than I knew what to do with. My career
with the Feds improved. My side business took off. Life
was good!
Then I went shopping with my younger-by-ten-years sister.
She grabbed me a pair of jeans a size smaller than what I
was wearing and they were too baggy. She then grabbed me a
smaller pair and they just slid on. This was the smallest
size I had worn since junior high!
Can you imagine the joyful glee of this
overweight-most-of-her-life woman when she put on size
jeans that she hadn’t worn since she was 12? While I
hadn’t set out on a quest to lose weight, but rather to get
healthy and rediscover who I was, it was a great side
benefit.
That one thing gave me the confidence to quit my very good
job and move back to Massachusetts with no job, no savings
and only my family for support because, in my heart, this
is where I wanted to be. And now, whenever I need to draw
on a little extra energy or “oomph”, I go back to that
dressing room. It works every time!
And now I have a short quiz for you.
In 2006, did you. . .
–> Achieve most of your goals?
–> Attract all the new clients you wanted?
–> Enjoy working with all the clients you had?
–> Grow your business to a point where you no longer stay
awake at night wondering if you’ve made a mistake or how
you’re going to make your bills this month?
–> Develop new marketing ideas to help keep clients in
your pipeline?
–> Learn and implement ways to automatically follow up
with prospects?
So how did you do in 2006? Could your business use a
makeover or a kick in the pants to get you on the right
track? Did you fall into complacency at times — dealing
with the day-to-day and losing sight of the big picture or
your ultimate dreams?
If so, I want you to go back to the beginning of this
article and reread your resolution for 2007. Take one step
today to move you forward in your goals.
And if you take that one step, and then another, the
momentum will pull you forward so that, next year at this
time, you will have a huge sense of satisfaction in seeing
how far you’ve come and in moving your goals (both business
and personal) even higher!
Doesn’t that sound a heck of a lot better than complaining
about lost time, subconsciously sabotaging yourself by
failing to seize opportunities and doing nothing but
changing the year on your list of goals when it comes time
to plan for 2008?
Here’s to your overwhelming success in 2007! Go get ‘em!
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Online Business Success Coach & Entrepreneur, Sandra
Martini teaches small business owners how to create more
success in their business while maintaining their sanity
and having fun. If you’re a solopreneur wondering how to
make more money in your small business, I invite you to
check out “How to Make Money as a Service Professional: The
Business Side of Running Your Businessâ€, at
http://www.Online-Biz-Coach.com .
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