People have capacity to invent their lives and create opportunities each and every day of their lives however as they see the world not as it is, but from their place within it, it often stops them from building on their greatness. Time to define how you want to see yourself and make it happen.

Tips for the new year

1. Become incredibly selfish, not self-centered.  It’s all about your willingness to take care of yourself and choose what you want and how you want it.  The less selfish you are the more you’ll put up with what isn’t acceptable in your life.

2. Eliminate delay.  That’s my motto…how I live my life so I don’t throw away time which is a very precious commodity.  If you become a quick responder (not reactor) you won’t be bogged down with a list of “shoulds”, “have-tos” and “haven’t gotten to life yet”.

3. Thrive on the details as that’s where you’ll learn. You’ll also learn to appreciate the little things so you can enjoy them, not just the big momentous occasions in your life.

4. Show others what pleases you. If you have the right people in your life…those who care about you both personally and professionally they want to know and if you show them you can ask for what you want, then it might just give them the ‘permission’ to ask for what they want in their lives as well.  That’s the ultimate gift to the people in your life.

5. Sensitize yourself…be aware of everything around you and how you process it all.
Pay attention to the world around you.  Pay attention to your intuition.  Be mindful.  You will learn more from paying attention than anything else.

6. Choose your environment.
There’s a reason why there’s a saying “you are a product of your environment” so make it a great one and that’s all aspects of your environment, people, physical space, mental, network, learning…the works

7. See how perfect the present really is.
You’ve heard me ask “what’s so perfect when it clearly isn’t?” well if you see right now as perfect that question becomes a moot point.  It’s easier to do than you think!

8. Become unconditionally constructive.
The meaning of this is evident.  Constructive can also mean constructive destructionism.  Approach the new year with the perspective of having to eliminate what is no longer working by choice and replacing it with what will work for the future.

9. Establish reserves in all areas.
Have enough everything…money, time, space, relationships so you can make the choices you need to make rather than have circumstances make choices for you.

10. Raise your standards.
Decide how well you wish to live and make choices to orient your life, friends, work, goals and lifestyle around these standards. Standards means the bar you set for how you want to live your life.  It’s not always money related, remember that.

Make 2009 amazing!

I’ll leave you to think about this…

“It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look. To affect the quality of the day-  that is the highest of arts.” - Henry David Thoreau

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I constantly tell people I work with, “If you’re a manager, don’t just manage; lead people to a place they never knew possible in their world and then some.” That means winning respect of those around you, not forcing them to do anything, and encouraging them to do their best and be their best.

People want to succeed, that’s the bottom line. In a struggling global economy things are harder but not impossible….and the great innovators, the creative professionals, those who in any capacity grow people for a living and a passion, are the ones who can bring a sense of possibility to the world.  That means you, the businessman and woman, the manager, the political leader and everyone in-between.

How can you turn nothing into something? By leading people from a sense of what’s possible, not impossible. By showing people that especially in a struggling economy you can thrive and grow and succeed because you are GREAT at what you do. By removing the words “Not now” and replacing them with “Yes, now! This IS the time to shine!” It’s about doing things differently and removing all the roadblocks that are standing in your way.

What are those roadblocks?

Identify them and let them go.  The longer you hold onto something that is no longer serving you, the deeper you’ll dig yourself in.  What do I mean by that?  I mean out of date ways of being, paradigms, perspectives, your genetics of thought or memetic environment.  Change how you do your work and stop trying to implement change using old ways.  Instead create new ones.  Ask yourself “What haven’t I thought of?” “What am I not paying attention to?”  This is the time to re-create, invent and begin anew rather than change bits and pieces along the way.

I’ll leave you with this thought…

“Work is an expression of one’s values; struggling is an expression of one’s unmet needs.  Either you are creating your life or the circumstances are.”  -  Thomas Leonard.

What’s it going to be? 

A few things to take note of:

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Donna Karlin
Founder and Principal
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