Happy 2011

I wish you a brilliant year. A year created by you, for you, built with the end in mind. By that I mean,
it's tough to build a house without a blue print... it's much tougher to build a dream without one. At least with a house there are only so many materials you can use, you have to have a particular kind of foundation and such. With a life... the sky is the limit.

If you are the New Year's resolution sort of person, you've probably figured out by now that those things tend to lose steam and dissolve like the whim on which they were made.
Why is that do you suppose?
Because you have to start with the end in mind; what do you walk towards otherwise?
Want to quit smoking? Stop trying to quit smoking and start becoming someone who doesn't smoke.
Know where you are, know where you're going... and keep going there. The longest journey may start with a single step, but it won't be too long a journey if you stop after the single step... you have to keep putting one foot in front of the other... and it's simply too daunting a task to keep doing that if you don't know where you're going.

Decide what you want for 2011. Write it down. NOT on a computer...in a journal in your own handwriting. Write it clearly and concisely... if it isn't that clear... refine it until it is... take an hour a week... but when you have defined your goal(s) for the year... write them down and visit them daily... walk towards them a little each and every single day... little by little, no matter how unattainable they may seem at certain points (that's another blog) every time you look up you will be closer... how could you not?

Success is a collection of habits. You have habits now don't you? If you have habits that you don't like, understand that the very fact that you have them, shows you that you can make new ones... just make ones that get you where you want to go instead of impede your progress. One thing is for certain though... all the success habits in the world won't get you where you're going if you don't know where that is.
Se ya next week