We are 9 days into 2012 – how is your year going so far? Have you had an opportunity to create new plans and goals for the New Year? Before you sit down and develop your new plans – take a look at your last year. It is great to start a new year with a clean slate – but even greater if you don’t relive last year’s mistakes. Just like that old song, “Make new friends but keep the old…one is silver and the other is gold…” we can carry over things that worked and use the momentum of our accomplishments – to help us catapult our 2012! Here are 3 helpful strategies to review your last year:
- Celebrate your Successes. What goals did you accomplish? What do you think was instrumental in your achieving them? What did you learn about yourself or your processes that you can take into the New Year?
- Learn from what went wrong. Perhaps there are some goals from last year that you did not achieve. Why? What could have been helpful for you in achieving these? What can you do differently in the New Year?
- Offer thanks to those who helped you. How many people helped you achieve your goals last year? Have you taken the time to express your gratitude to those who supported you – and without them – you couldn’t have succeeded.
Here’s to a great new year! The next 3 Blog entries will contain some strategies that will help you create goals and plans that will increase your chances of success.
