Tip of the Week
Time to Reflect
We are in that time of year where everyone stops to reflect on what happened last year and what may still come this year. A dear friend of mine came up with a very good process that I would like to share with each of you.
TODAY – Think way way way way back into your childhood. Remember what it was like to be a child with big impossible dreams. Feel the thrill that each of those dreams brought you. Did you want to be a ballerina? Did you want to be a fireman? Did you want to be a teacher? Did you want to be a doctor? Think back to that time where no one told you that you couldn’t be exactly what you wanted to be when you grew up.
TODAY – Dream Big! If you can’t remember how that felt for you, spend time around a child. Children between the ages of 2 and 4 find every single moment of their day as a new exciting discovery. Children between the ages of 4 and 7 create the most beautiful fantasy worlds of battle heroes and princesses. Children between the ages of 8 and 12 know EXACTLY what they want to be when they grow up and they aren’t afraid to tell anyone. I encourage you to spend time with your children. Or go to a friends house who has children. Or pick a children’s movie that is out right now and go to a 1 PM movie. Watch them and remember what it was like before the world was a cynical place.
TOMORROW (Wed) – Look at exactly where you are in this very moment. Spend the day reflecting on the decisions you made that lead you to where you are right now. How many of those decisions can you feel confident about. Even if the truth is painful, I want you to look at it. Look how much you have grown over the past year. Look at the decisions that you make that hold you back. Look at the decisions that you make that propel you forward. Contimplate how a different decision could have led you down a different path. Think of the thoughts that you have that keep you restrained and the thoughts that help to let you soar. Understand why you are where you are at this moment.
THURSDAY (New Year’s Eve) – This is the day to start to look towards the future. Any thought that has been holding you back – release it. Everything is possible in 2010. If you are thinking “I can’t find a job because the economy is so bad” – let it go. If you are thinking “I’ve tried everything and nothing works” – let it go. If you are thinking “I need to dumb down my resume to get a job” – let it go.
On Thursday, practice all day long. Anytime a thought comes into your head that is negative or causes you fear – think “Wow, that’s an ugly thought. I’m not going to think that way anymore”.
Then as you start to release the old bad thoughts, I want you to start to embrace the good thoughts that come up. Every time you have a good thought – RELISH IT.
FRIDAY (on New Year’s Day) – we will be in a whole new year. You get a “do-over”. Start on Friday and continue it the whole year through. Remember what it was like to be a child and all dreams were possible. Analyze your thoughts and keep only the ones that help and propel you. Set goals that will help you acheive all of your dreams. We’re in a whole new year – all of the rules have changed. Everything will be different.
If you follow these steps, I guarantee that your new year will start with a glorious new start AND you will start to see results you had never dreamed of in the New Year.
