New Year Prep #5
Avoid. Fall behind. Finish frantically. Too often, I have followed this dubious path on projects, deadlines and various endeavors. Perhaps you identify.
What if you choose one area, one project, one goal in 2023 and lean into it with this mantra? Be smart. Get ahead. Finish early.
What if you pour all of your focus and energy into this one thing? Being smart, you begin with the end in mind and work backwards to create a strategy of the major moves this venture will require. Rather than procrastinating, you start now. With dedicated focus, you make steady or maybe even swift progress. Committed to sprinting across the finish line, you do not let up. You complete your goal fully with time to review as you finish early.
Whether you are imagining a goal related to diet, exercise, finances, work, adventure or any other area, you are fully capable. Be smart. Get ahead. Finish early.
To be sure, you will encounter some likely resistance. This is to be expected, so prepare now. If you are renewing your efforts to get lean, you will experience cravings. How will you manage this? If you are embarking on a new exercise program, you won’t feel like it every day. What will you do to get past this? If you are determined to save more or pay off more, you will have other things you want or need to spend money on. How will you stay on track? No matter the goal, you will experience potential de-railers. Think ahead. Visualize yourself managing these challenges. If you fail, start again.
You can do this! 2023 is your year! Be smart. Get ahead. Finish early.
Worth Repeating
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
-Wilma Rudolph
