Closing out the year

Typically, at this time of the year, most folks like to reflect over the year and look forward to the next year coming.  While I believe it's good to 'reflect', I tend to not like looking in the past nearly as much as I like looking toward the future!  In everyone's life, there are always positives and negatives.  This year has been no different.  More positives than negatives I might add.  However, when you look toward the future, I get excited at what the possibilities are and want to work to get to those.  I might use the experience I gained from last year and previous to build on for future growth.  So, I would encourage everyone to do a lot of the following:

Goal setting:  Set goals you believe you can achieve and then adjust up by 10%.  Scary huh?  We, or maybe it's just me; but I tend to hedge my bet on 'sandbag' a little.  Be honest with yourself and get aggressive.  Really aggressive!!  This is just goals you know.  What's important is the process because if your working toward a goal, you're achieving the purpose and that's giving you direction.  You will be amazed at what you will accomplish doing this.

Organize: This isn't just physical but mental too.  Everyone on earth has exactly the same amount of time in the day.  So, what's the difference in people that get a lot done and those that don't get much done.  The first are probably more organized.  Think outside the box and go crazy with your ideas to improve your organization.  Get up a little early, read for 10 minutes, think about your day on what you absolutely have to accomplish.  If there is nothing to accomplish, make something happen that works toward your goals.  Sounds simple but it takes practice and patience.

Pray:  WHAT??  ARE YOU CRAZY??  How does that fit with anything???  This had better be your most important part of your day.  If you don't spend time in prayer, you will not really achieve the other two.  This is for YOU.  In business, your chasing solutions, customers, sales, etc.  Pray for yourself to give you peace, courage, wisdom, endurance.  In business, you need all of these so why not ask for it. 

This is just a very short list and description of things to think about for the next year.  I'm EXTREMELY excited for 2014.  Will there be struggles?  I would think so.  But, there will be many more successes so through it all, learn to use the struggles as opportunities for growth and was to make your successes even bigger and better!

By the way, here's a couple of good reasons to look forward to the days coming. 

Grandkids will make a bad day good so enjoy the day.  Enjoy the year and look forward to 2014