Are You Celebrating Happy Next Year or Happy New Year ?
Every year we literally celebrate a new year on January 1 . We have the ceremonial countdown to midnight . We toast . We pray . We kiss our loved ones . We drink the champagne ! And then 12:01 rolls around and we go right back to doing the same thing ! We look the same . We have on the same clothes . We are with the same people . The only thing new is the date . We really should be saying , “ Happy Next Year !” It is not really a new year unless we do something to make it new . Otherwise , we are going to roll up to the same job , with the same attitude , with the same list of dreams and the same list of disappointments .
So are you going to celebrate the next year in 2017 or are you going to truly have a new year ? In order to truthfully celebrate a new year , you must commit to a new mindset , new habits , and new people ! New Mindset
If you want to create a new life , it all begins in your mind . Your mind is the genesis of your thoughts . Your thoughts produce your actions . Your actions create outcomes . Your outcomes determine your life . You cannot create a new life with the old mindset that has gotten you where you are now . Your mindset is the center of your Values and Vision . It is important to understand your belief system . Everyone operates on a certain belief system . These values guide your decisions and how you process information and what actions you take — or don ’ t take . Have you ever articulated them ? If someone asked you “ What do you stand for ?,” could you easily tell them or would you struggle to communicate your values ? Do your values show up in your actions ? Before you write your “ new ” resolutions , write out your guiding values for your life .
Next , it is important to have a vision for your life . Vision creates consequences . If you have limited vision , you will have limited outcomes . If you create a vision for your future , it will show up in your present actions . Your beliefs and values guide your actions . Every belief creates an action . Every action creates a future . Be deliberate in the future you create . Write down the vision you have for your new life . Who are you ? What are you doing ? Where are you going ? How are you feeling ? You should be able to close your eyes and see your future self ! What you see is who you will be . Create your new life in your mind first . Write down your vision and values . Live your vision and values in your actions .
New Habits
It does you no good to write down your value and visions if you do not create actions that are aligned with them . You got to have a clear vision of what it is that you want to accomplish . You must be specific . If you have a very vague vision , you going to have very vague results or none at all . “ I want to be successful in 2017 ” is vague . What does successful mean ? Is that having a certain amount of money in the bank ? Is that getting a certain job or promotion ? Is it completing school ? You must be very specific about what it is that you want to accomplish . This also includes giving yourself a deadline . I will create $ XX , XXX in revenue by December 31 , 2017 ! I will attain a promotion to A . Next you must have a clear plan of how you are going to bring your vision into reality . Because if all you do is say — words again — “ I want to accomplish X by this date ,” but then you don ' t come up with a plan that outlines specific actions that you have to do to accomplish X , then you still have a very vague aspiration . Creating new opportunity requires you to be specific about what you are going to do . I will create $ XX , XXX in revenue by December 31 , 2017 by selling XXX products each quarter . I will become eligible for the promotion to A by completing Y degree by June 30 , 2017 .